Paralysis as usual in Starmer’s No 10
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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.
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Donald Trump’s chaos gives the Prime Minister the perfect opportunity to move decisively.
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The Canadian example
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Keir Starmer needs an enemy
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Labour’s Farage problem
The Reform leader has showed how easily Labour’s majority could be demolished.
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PMQs review: the gender debate hands Badenoch her best performance yet
It is something she can cling to as her party faces near annihilation in next Thursday’s local elections.
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Labour is at war over the Treasury
As tensions rise, the Starmer-Reeves relationship will be tested as never before.
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America’s crisis is the UK’s opportunity
Keir Starmer should open our doors to the best and the brightest fleeing Donald Trump.
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The age of five-party politics
Fragmentation leaves Labour facing threats from all sides.
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Keir Starmer’s opportunity in crisis
Donald Trump’s tariffs give the Prime Minister the political space to re-examine his government’s fiscal rules and Britain’s relationship with…
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Is Labour ready for recession?
Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves face their greatest test.
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Keir Starmer’s government is becoming a crisis regime
Labour is hemmed in by military and economic enemies – but not every scenario is entirely grim.
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Welcome to the era of Daily Mail socialism
Morgan McSweeney’s relationship with Britain’s most important tabloid is as ideological as it is strategic.
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PMQs review: Kemi Badenoch needs a position on Trump
It’s difficult for the Tory leader to press Keir Starmer on US tariffs when the Conservatives have no alternative.
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Is Keir Starmer falling into the Rwanda trap?
“Stop the boats” helped destroy Rishi Sunak – and now Labour risks repeating his mistake.
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Peacekeepers in a world without peace
What is the point of Keir Starmer’s “coalition of the willing”?
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PMQs review: Starmer is rattled ahead of the Spring Statement
The Prime Minister was too distracted to fight Badenoch back.
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The warfare state needs the welfare state
Labour should argue for defence spending to be ringfenced outside the normal fiscal rules.
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