Who made Keir’s cut?
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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.
Keir Starmer and the perils of consensus
In trying to please everyone, the Prime Minister risks pleasing no one.
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100 days of Keir Starmer
The Labour brand is in trouble, but the party can recover.
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100 days that shook Labour
The government has already squandered the goodwill of voters. Can the Budget revitalise Team Starmer?
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Without purpose, Labour will remain adrift
Keir Starmer has allowed others to define his government‘s project.
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Sue Gray fell foul of Keir Starmer’s ruthless streak
The Prime Minister has fixed his mistakes. Can he learn from them?
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Keir Starmer’s headaches won’t end with Sue Gray
The Prime Minister must answer the question of his government’s ultimate purpose.
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Labour’s carbon-capture pipedream
Is an almost £22bn investment in the technology a good idea?
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Starmer is losing his cool
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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The row over Labour’s “freebies” will carry on
Handouts stick with voters inured to thinking of politicians as greedy.
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Labour cannot afford to lose Rosie Duffield
The politician has spent her career advocating for the marginalised. Who will follow her?
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Starmer is making Britain a global leader again
Labour’s talking a good game at the UN General Assembly – but what does leadership mean?
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Machine politics in the age of Starmer
The Prime Minister’s image as a pragmatist belies the ideological reality of his administration.
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Labour’s route to recovery
Public confidence is falling quickly. The party must do far more to win it back.
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Starmer wisely resists going to watch Arsenal vs Man City
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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Keir Starmer’s interventionist state
The Prime Minister’s embrace of bigger government is a challenge to both left and right.
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Starmer the grave
The Prime Minister’s grim speech was short on sunlit uplands, but its promise was serious.
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Starmer conference speech: distant but sunlit uplands
In a message of cautious hope, the prime minister outlined the rewards for the political pain to come.
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What’s the story?
Voters have lost their sense of what Starmer’s Labour is for. He must use his conference speech to tell them.
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Labour needs a growth plan
If Keir Starmer’s government seems incapable of delivering change, voters will not hesitate to look elsewhere.
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