Labour has the public on side – now it needs a story
Boris Johnson was elected as a politician who can be the life and soul of the party, but he has…
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.
Keir Starmer remains the Tories’ useful idiot
The Labour leader’s attack on Stop the War shows he has learned nothing from the calamities of Blairism.
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‘Tactical’ use of conspiracy theories is poisoning politics
The intimidation of Keir Starmer is a warning about what happens when politicians stoop to untruths.
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Conservative MPs face a defining choice over Boris Johnson
As the Prime Minister refuses to apologise over his Savile smear, will Tory MPs finally punish him?
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What we learned from this week’s PMQs
The convention preventing MPs from accusing each other of lying is proving unfit for the Boris Johnson era.
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No blow is too low for Boris Johnson – even when he’s apologising
The Prime Minister could not resist dog whistles and smears in response to Keir Starmer.
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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…
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Labour used to be the party of the people – how did it become so disconnected?
Keir Starmer must find a way to cross the troubling gulf between public and political opinion.
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Labour needs to think small
Jonathan Rutherford’s urgent call for the party to focus on everyday life still falls prey to abstractions.
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The man without qualities: why Keir Starmer can’t afford not to have a political vision
The Labour leader’s neutral, depoliticised approach risks faltering against a less scandal-prone Conservative leader.
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Why working-class Tories have turned on Boris Johnson
Johnson has exploded the notion that the elite will govern well in the interests of ordinary people.
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Events have conspired to give Labour another chance. Will Keir Starmer seize it?
As we witness the grand unravelling of the cult of Boris Johnson, complacency will not cut it: Labour needs to…
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“In the name of God, go”: What we learned from today’s PMQs
The most wounding blow to Boris Johnson came from David Davis, who told him to his face to resign.
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Who would win if an election was held tomorrow?
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Why the left don’t get “family”
Labour are too embarrassed to embrace traditional values – even when they might help everyday voters
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Keir Starmer has a big idea – but he doesn’t seem to want to talk about it
The Labour leader’s decision to reassure voters, rather than to promote his radicalism, is a political risk.
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Labour may have more to fear from Liz Truss than Rishi Sunak
A Truss premiership would be a Thatcher tribute act, but tribute bands are popular.
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Commons Confidential: No Drama Starmer
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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How Keir Starmer’s new-look Labour Party can catch up with the Tories
The Conservatives will have some easy attack lines at the next general election – and Labour should be ready.
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Thangam Debbonaire interview: “Labour isn’t quite ready to win an election – but there is a shift”
The shadow leader of the House and Labour MP for Bristol West on opposing Jacob Rees-Mogg, Labour’s prospects of winning…
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