How does Starmer regard his own legacy, beyond the long list of government achievements he has listed at every recent opportunity?
In an interview with Sky News this week, he suggested he might be remembered as the person who “saved the Labour party” after the Jeremy Corbyn era.
“Everybody along the way said: ‘It’s not going to happen. You’re not going to do it.
It’s not possible.’ And every time I said: ‘It is.
You watched me do it. We did it and we won a general election.’
And, I’m very proud of that. So I shall walk out with pride,” said Keir Starmer, Former Prime Minister.
But while he has said he accepts his party moved against him, some of his friends worry the reality has not yet hit home.
Starmer has spent the last few weeks in a flurry of prime ministerial activity: pushing major policy over the line at home, and on multiple trips abroad.
“I don’t know what it means for him when he wakes up next week and it’s quiet, and he doesn’t need to rush downstairs to meetings.
And then when he turns on the radio, and somebody is talking about the prime minister, but it’s not him,” one said.
Another added: “He’s got to keep himself busy. His family are amazing: they will help.”
Some former prime ministers never seem to get over being out of office.
Boris Johnson, for example, whose sign off at his final prime minister’s questions was “hasta la vista, baby”, is still said to believe he can make a comeback.
In contrast, the Starmer that friends see in private was there for his last parliamentary appearance on Wednesday, telling his family watching on: “To my wife and children: I love you.”
In the next few weeks, Starmer will spend time on holiday with his wife, Victoria, and two teenagers: almost every break during his time in office was interrupted by global events or affairs of state.
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“I leave probably the most high-profile job in the country to the most important, which is to be the best dad I can to my kids and best husband I can to my wife,” said Keir Starmer, Former Prime Minister.
