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The low-quality debate changed nothing
Keir Starmer looked uncomfortable and stiff on stage – but it doesn’t matter.
ByNew Times,
New Thinking.
Rishi Sunak is a member of the Conservative party who became Prime Minister on 25 October 2022. Sunak has been MP for Richmond since 2015 and before becoming PM he served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 13 February 2020 to 5 July 2022. Thanks to a Fulbright scholarship, he studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Lincoln College, Oxford and did an MBA at Stanford University. Find all our latest news, comment and analysis of the UK Prime Minister here.
Keir Starmer looked uncomfortable and stiff on stage – but it doesn’t matter.
ByA mixed TV debate performance by the Labour leader will not change the course of this campaign.
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ByForcing three quarters of a million 18-year-olds to work for free ignores the fact that many are doing so already.
ByThe Tories cannot win on the subject of their poor record.
ByDespite the shock election announcement coming from the government, the opposition seems better prepared.
ByAs MPs rage at the snap election announcement, it’s hard to imagine a less united party.
ByAll Rishi Sunak can do now is try to prevent the electoral wipeout projected by polls.
ByThe Prime Minister and his party know that they have little hope of avoiding defeat.
ByThe Prime Minister’s performative populism and unending U-turns are acts in a music-hall farce.
ByThe Prime Minister’s demeanour only fuelled rumours that he is set to announce a July contest.
ByThe Foreign Secretary is warning the PM that a crackdown on student visas will bring few political or policy benefits.
ByGovernment scrutiny is being lost in the attempt to score rhetorical points.
ByIf you can’t trust the Conservatives with your email address, why should you trust them with anything else?
ByRishi Sunak has failed to provide his party with the coherent leadership it needs.
ByDismayed by the local elections, Conservatives fear the party faces not only electoral defeat but a crisis of identity.
ByThe Tees Valley mayor only won by running against the Prime Minister.
ByEven the Prime Minister’s biggest opponents recognise that a change of leader will not save the Conservatives.
ByIn attacking the Prime Minister on pensions and National Insurance, the Labour leader missed the open goal.
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