The BBC’s darkest hour
The next director general will be walking into an impossible job – and a political firefight
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Andrew Marr
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Starmer has not yet proved he can solve our quicksand politics
Our political system is that we make huge mistakes, and then reverse them to make mistakes in the opposite direction
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Britain’s decline is as much intellectual as political
Where are our storytellers to shake us or point a way ahead?
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Keir Starmer is no politician – but this could be his strength
This oddest of prime ministers has the hide of a rhinoceros.
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Keir Starmer has time to turn this around
There is an upside to making so many mistakes – No 10 can learn from them.
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A humbling week for Keir Starmer
Concessions to welfare rebels may have saved the government, but there remain lessons for the Prime Minister to learn.
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Keir Starmer faces war on all fronts
The Prime Minister’s authority is under attack and Rachel Reeves may pay the price.
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Laughing at the populist right is not a political strategy
The civil wars within Maga and Reform UK only show how dangerous they are.
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