Forget Mandelson, Starmer holds the key to the special relationship
Until Labour knows what it wants from the US, the diplomats don’t matter.
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.
Labour’s precarious triumph
In 2024, the party discovered that winning an election isn’t the same as winning the country.
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PMQs review: Kemi Badenoch misses every target
The Conservative leader strays even further out of her depth in an anticlimactic showdown to end the year.
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Bringing the house down?
Why Labour finds it so difficult to get housebuilding off the ground.
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PMQs review: Badenoch falls into Reform’s trap
The Tory leader’s attacks on Labour’s immigration plan did more for Nigel Farage than the Conservative Party.
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Who are Starmer’s people?
Labour is in danger of falling out with everyone.
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Starmer can defeat the Nimbys – here’s how
The current "discretionary planning system" is the source of the housing shortage.
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Keir Starmer is right to focus on real numbers
People care more about the price of eggs than they do GDP.
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The left is waking up to the immigration crisis
Keir Starmer’s relaunch speech was a belated recognition of a collective political madness.
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Starmer’s pledges leave his government exposed
During his speech today, the Prime Minister presented a focused vision for Britain. Could it backfire?
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The electoral reform agenda
Is it the beginning of the end for first past the post?
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Who can answer the English Question?
Great Britain’s largest constituent is a nation lost within a multinational state.
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PMQs review: Badenoch cannot rely on traditional Tory strengths
The Conservative leader’s record in government means that Keir Starmer can easily fend off attacks on immigration and farming.
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Labour must beware Reform, the British wing of Trumpism
While liberalism is in decline, Nigel Farage’s party is only growing in strength.
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Can Keir Starmer be everyone’s friend?
Events could force the UK to pick a side in foreign policy.
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Labour’s Scottish and Welsh discontents
Midterm elections look troublesome for Keir Starmer.
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Keir Starmer must remember his mission
During the election, Labour promised to empower Britain. Now is the time to make that happen.
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Inside Keir Starmer’s reset
How No 10 is taking control of the government’s agenda.
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The climate consensus crisis
In the wake of Cop29, the UK is divided on the green energy transition.
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The UK’s broken system makes losers of us all
Today’s welfare state asks for and confirms people’s incapacity to work – not their ability to do so.
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