We’re all extras trapped in the Boris and Keir movie farce
The Prime Minister and Labour leader’s personal dislike causes bad strategy and does voters a disservice.
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.
If Keir Starmer resigns, who replaces him? With Andrew Marr
The Labour leader has pledged to stand down if he’s fined over beergate.
Andy Burnham: “I wouldn’t rule out running for Labour leader”
The Greater Manchester Mayor told a New Statesman conference he would run again for the leadership.
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What if Keir Starmer’s gamble backfires?
Grabbing the moral high ground over “beergate” was a dramatic move. But it could cost Labour.
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There is no case for Keir Starmer’s resignation
The Labour leader will emerge vindicated from beergate but he needs to refresh both his political offer and his operation.
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Leader: Keir Starmer is under pressure
Britain needs – and deserves – more than a cautious, technocratic Labour prime minister.
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Politicians are paying the price for their own absurd Covid rules
The grimmest discrepancy isn’t between Johnson and Starmer, it’s between them and us.
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Honourable Keir Starmer is nothing like our Great Misleader
The Labour leader’s pledge to resign if fined contrasts with the shameless Boris Johnson.
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Beergate investigation puts Keir Starmer in a tricky position
The Labour leaders’s repeated calls for Boris Johnson to resign over Downing Street parties have come back to haunt him.
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Kicking out left-wing dissidents would weaken the Labour Party
Both left and right may believe that they represent the soul of the party, but Labour does better when it…
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Keir Starmer has Tony Blair’s backing, now he needs some ideas
The party hasn’t yet given the public, as a shadow cabinet minister says, “a reason to vote for us”.
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Tell us who you really are, Keir Starmer
The most detailed study of the Labour leader so far charts his role in the Brexit wars and in the…
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QUIZ! Which class are these celebrities, according to the British public?
Find out whether you view the social class of 25 famous figures in the same way as other voters.
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Is Marcus Rashford working class? The answer depends on your age
Exclusive New Statesman polling on 25 celebrities reveals younger generations in Britain are more likely to see rich people as…
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Commons Confidential: Jealous Johnson’s poppy-lopping
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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Exclusive: Tony Blair wants to advise the next Labour government
The former prime minister hopes to return to British politics to “help on the policy side”.
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Is Labour still calling for Boris Johnson to resign?
Confusion reigns as Keir Starmer refuses to repeat his call for Johnson to go, but a party spokesperson insists nothing…
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By repudiating Stop the War, Keir Starmer has reclaimed Labour’s history
It was Clement Attlee’s government that took the UK into Nato, and Starmer has returned his party to the diplomatic…
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The Labour left needs to get serious on defence
Anybody who wakes up angrier at Starmer than at Putin should think hard about whether Labour politics is for them.
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Inside Politics: Labour’s cost of living split
Our politics team on shadow cabinet divisions, what Tom Tugendhat makes of Boris Johnson and whether it’s all over for…
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