The truth about the “hostile takeover” of the Green Party
The left has no place in Labour any more.
ByKeir Starmer
Keir Rodney Starmer is a Labour Party politician who became Prime Minister on 5 July 2024. He has been MP for Holborn and St Pancras since 2015 and leader of Labour since April 2020. Starmer, born in 1962, studied law at the University of Leeds and Oxford, then became a barrister specialising in human rights. In 2008 he was appointed director of public prosecutions, for a five-year term. Find news, comment, and analysis about him here.
The age of unpopularity
Who wins when all the parties are disliked?
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Journalists in Gaza are accepting a death sentence
Anas al-Sharif is among the hundreds killed by Israel since 7 October 2023.
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What Bridget Phillipson can learn from Conservative education policy
In a new book, the former schools minister Nick Gibb defends a strong, if controversial legacy.
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The lost art of political oratory
Robotic televised politicians bore the public. It’s time to bring back stirring speeches at live events.
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Can Europe stop Trump selling out Ukraine?
Keir Starmer’s strategy faces its biggest test.
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Inside Labour students’ revolt over Gaza
The tensions between party HQ and its members on university campuses are becoming impossible to ignore.
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How Labour fell in love with Dominic Cummings
Five years ago the British left thought dark data Dom was a crank. Now they take his ideas seriously.
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The revolution will be TikTokked
Yvette Cooper is wise to aim her media strategy at the dominant modes of our day.
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Keir Starmer would be a much happier politician in Japan
Instead, he is lost in Britain.
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Why can’t we give our prime ministers a break?
Whether mocked for a staged snap or forced to return home, PMs rarely enjoy a holiday.
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Labour is making Britain a more European country
On tax, spending and workers’ rights, Keir Starmer has accelerated a post-Brexit trend.
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Would the real Liz Truss please stand up?
Keir Starmer thinks Nigel Farage is the “new Truss”, while Kemi Badenoch thinks it’s Rachel Reeves.
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Keir Starmer alienates left and right on Gaza
Discontent has spread to his own cabinet.
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How Britain lost the status game
The country wants its leaders to deliver. What if they can’t anymore?
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Can Keir Starmer rewire the civil service?
Restricting internships to the working class does little more than tinker around the edges.
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Keir Starmer must use goodwill with Trump to expedite Palestinian statehood
Recognition is not a stand-alone solution but nor is it merely symbolic.
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Where did Britain go wrong?
Exclusive polling shows Brexit is the most popular choice.
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The special relationship that wasn’t
British prime ministers keep putting faith in Washington, and it keeps letting them down.
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The Blairite Breakfast Club
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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