How Labour can win back Tory voters without insulting them
If your campaign message says it’s time for the grown-ups to take charge, how do you avoid blaming those who…
BySir Keir Rodney Starmer is a British politician and lawyer. He has been an MP since 2015 and leader of the Labour Party 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.
If your campaign message says it’s time for the grown-ups to take charge, how do you avoid blaming those who…
ByKeir Starmer must find a way to cross the troubling gulf between public and political opinion.
ByJonathan Rutherford’s urgent call for the party to focus on everyday life still falls prey to abstractions.
ByThe Labour leader’s neutral, depoliticised approach risks faltering against a less scandal-prone Conservative leader.
ByJohnson has exploded the notion that the elite will govern well in the interests of ordinary people.
ByAs we witness the grand unravelling of the cult of Boris Johnson, complacency will not cut it: Labour needs to…
ByThe most wounding blow to Boris Johnson came from David Davis, who told him to his face to resign.
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ByLabour are too embarrassed to embrace traditional values – even when they might help everyday voters
ByThe Labour leader’s decision to reassure voters, rather than to promote his radicalism, is a political risk.
ByA Truss premiership would be a Thatcher tribute act, but tribute bands are popular.
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ByThe Conservatives will have some easy attack lines at the next general election – and Labour should be ready.
ByThe shadow leader of the House and Labour MP for Bristol West on opposing Jacob Rees-Mogg, Labour’s prospects of winning…
BySomething doesn’t make sense here.
ByIt is time for Labour and the Liberal Democrats to put the country ahead of narrow party interests and work…
ByThe Labour leader’s restructuring is an effort to finish what he started in May, when he unsuccessfully tried to sack…
ByA wage policy for the public sector and a new regime for household energy are needed.
ByAsked repeatedly on a radio interview whether he would prefer his predecessor in No 10, the Labour leader avoided the…
ByThe Labour MP and standards committee chair on how his party should respond to the MP corruption scandal and why…
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