She shares with him the ability to throw opponents off balance – and a commitment to levelling up.
His capacity to win some of his severest critics round, and persuade them of his “greatness of soul”, helps explain his success.
Plus: by stealth, under the cover of Covid-19, Starmer is changing the Labour Party to one based on social democracy, rather than red-blooded socialism.
Johnson needs a Simon Milton figure in government. The move would be controversial, to put it mildly. But who else is there?
Plus: Publishing diaries – do you keep in all the salacious details, or take some out to avoid upsetting people? Sasha Swire takes route one.