McSweeney, Mandelson and the stain of New Labour
We must dispense with the failed politics and toxic methods of the Blairites for good
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.
Jacqui Smith: Changing leaders doesn’t solve the problem
The New Labour big beast speaks out on Andy Burnham and Starmer’s future
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What is Angela Rayner up to?
As Starmer’s authority withers, Rayner has made a series of choice interventions
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Keir Starmer’s real problem
The Mandelson scandal is part of a pattern of misjudgments, not an exception
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The parable of Andy Burnham and Peter Mandelson
Voters are unimpressed by Keir Starmer’s contrasting treatment of two Labour politicians
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The Mandelson affair: inside the scandal of a century
Mandelson’s fall from grace reveals a very Labour weakness
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Mandelson’s adoration of wealth and power reaches its inevitable conclusion
Peter Mandelson’s career sheds light on his party’s ideological fragility
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Peter Mandelson will haunt Labour
The mere mention of his name will be a gift to Starmer’s opponents
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Britain needs its own foreign policy, not America’s
A rules-based international order is not compatible with blind loyalty to the US
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Labour’s search for a doctrine
The party is craving intellectual definition of the kind that Margaret Thatcher enjoyed
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How a single call sealed Andy Burnham’s fate
Keir Starmer applied a personal touch when he blocked his rival’s return to parliament
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Who wins from the Burnham veto?
The mayor’s exile is a boost for rivals such as Wes Streeting and could soon backfire on Keir Starmer
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The British right’s Trump problem
For conservatives, the president is an electoral albatross
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What we learned from PMQs: Badenoch feuds with Starmer over foreign policy
What does the Chagos deal have to do with Greenland anyway?
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Mark Carney’s lessons for Keir Starmer
The Canadian leader has articulated the “progressive realist” doctrine that should be Starmer’s own
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The turn to Europe is inevitable
Starmer should seize the opportunity in this crisis
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Inside the Labour factions pressuring Starmer to rejoin Europe
Caught between Donald Trump and his own party, the Prime Minister faces a moment of truth
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Rachel Reeves’ immigration balancing act
The Chancellor is trying to attract tech talent while taking a tough line on net migration
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The Greenland crisis is an opportunity for Starmer
Trump’s threats have given the Prime Minister a chance to embrace a new direction on Europe and fiscal policy.
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Trump’s threat to Greenland must be a wake-up call for Britain
For too long our politicians have toadied to a dangerous president
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