PMQs: The SNP’s defiant Ian Blackford takes centre stage
“The very idea that the United Kingdom is a voluntary union of nations is now dead and buried,” cried the…
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.
Keeping quiet on Brexit is a shrewd move for Labour now, but a strategic disaster in the long term
What is the opposition’s thinking about Britain’s place in the world?
By
Return of Brexit talks gives Labour an opening
The party can’t alienate Leave voters, but it can attack the government for its deal harming the economy.
By
Starmer critic beats “right-wing purge” to narrowly win reselection
The incumbent MP Ian Byrne’s victory in Liverpool West Derby is good news for the Labour left.
By
How will Labour respond to Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement?
The opposition's central argument on the economy is that the government has failed to stimulate economic growth and the UK…
By
Morgan McSweeney – Labour’s power broker
The Irishman has become the most influential operator in Keir Starmer’s team. But what does he really want?
By
Almost half of UK offshore wind is owned by foreign governments
A mere 0.03 per cent of offshore wind is owned by British public entities.
By
Labour can win by telling a better story about climate action
The opposition must focus on economic resilience and stay out of “loss and damage” culture wars.
By
PMQs: the Gavin Williamson scandal makes Rishi Sunak look weak
The Prime Minister’s lacklustre performance in the Common today will not quell disquiet on the Tory backbenches.
By
Labour to hire attack dogs “willing to get hands dirty” as Starmer prepares for election
The Tony Blair-era aide and media entrepreneur Waheed Alli will lead the party’s fundraising drive.
By
Rishi Sunak will never be able to paint Keir Starmer as a regenerated Jeremy Corbyn
It is pretty hard to make the case that the Corbynites are in charge when the man himself is no…
By
PMQs: Sunak will need more than tired lines about Brexit and Corbyn to land a blow on Labour
The Prime Minister may want to reopen old wounds, but the opposition is very clearly under different management.
By
Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak have more in common than they would like to admit
Both have cast themselves as the antidote to the chaotic leaderships of Boris Johnson and Liz Truss.
By
There is an unlikely role model for Keir Starmer: Henry Campbell-Bannerman
The Edwardian Liberal prime minister transformed his party’s fortunes and led a great reforming administration.
By
Why do the Tories hate north London?
There’s something uncomfortable about how the area has become the butt of Tory jokes about out-of-touch elites.
By
Rishi Sunak’s first PMQs exposes his political vulnerabilities
The Prime Minister struggled to defend the reappointment of Suella Braverman and his boast that he took public money out…
By
How Keir Starmer plans to take on Rishi Sunak
The Labour leader is seeking a strategy that reflects how different the Prime Minister is from his predecessors.
By
How would Labour pay for its spending plans?
A new government could overhaul a tax system that is prejudiced in favour of ownership.
By
How to trigger a general election if Boris Johnson returns as prime minister
Labour and the Lib Dems should promise Tory rebels that they won’t stand against them if they vote for an…
By
Labour must not be trapped by the politics of national decline or revival
Rather than a politics of imaginary growth rates, we need one of real redistribution to those whose incomes are collapsing.
By