He’s a man on five missions but he’ll need to learn from his predecessors to lead Labour back to power after over a decade out of it.
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Articles on Keir Starmer
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The senior civil servant who investigated the partygate scandal is leaving to join the opposition. It’s a very surprising move.
The public still does not know what the opposition party stands for. Inspiration could come from a surprising source.
The plan to abolish the House of Lords has drawn the most attention but Labour is also proposing radical changes to how power is distributed.
Gordon Brown’s proposals include hefty devolution and House of Lords reform but one change that could have the biggest impact is nowhere to be seen.
With everyone from rail workers to civil servants going on strike over the winter, it’s hard to see this ending well.
Labour and Conservatives share a desire to wean the UK off a dependency on migrant labour.
The gravity of the current situation is obscuring a less visible crisis – a failure of political imagination
A state-owned start-up to promote renewables must be only a first step towards energy justice.
Forming a pact with the Liberal Democrats would make electoral sense in England – but Keir Starmer does not see it as a risk worth taking.
The dire economic outlook means bolder choices will be needed for an opposition party looking to win the next election.
There’s a mountain climb but there are positive signs for the opposition in the first few weeks of Liz Truss’s government,
The Labour leader is actually quite good at building a narrative but he needs to be more consistent in his efforts.
Kinnock lost two elections as Labour leader. Starmer could learn a lot from his successes and failures.
The question of whether the Labour leader broke the rules in Durham Miners Club will come down to whether the gathering was ‘reasonably necessary’ for work or election campaigning.
Anxious not to be easy targets for their pro-business opponents, labour parties everywhere now run on a ‘thin ideological platform’. Anthony Albanese’s ALP is no exception.
Why will calling someone a liar get you thrown out of the UK parliamentary debates, but using defamatory language might not?
What’s behind the appointments to Labour’s front bench?
Keir Starmer used his first in-person conference speech to set his Labour party apart from the current government.
Keir Starmer has clashed with unions over leadership election rules – was it really worth it?
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Lecturer in British Politics/Public Policy, School of Politics and International Relations, Queen Mary University of London
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Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Stirling
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Principal Lecturer (Programmes) - Humanities and Social Sciences, Teesside University
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Professor of Politics, University of Liverpool
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Lecturer in Politics and Political Theory, University of Salford
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Chair Professor, Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Culture, Cardiff University
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Professor of Modern British History, Anglia Ruskin University
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Research Associate, School of Journalism, Media and Culture, Cardiff University
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Associate Professor, Politics and Public Policy, Flinders University
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Professor of Politics, Queen Mary University of London
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Associate Professor, School of Criminology, University of Leicester
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Founding Director of the Sir Bernard Crick Centre for the Public Understanding of Politics, University of Sheffield
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Associate Professor, School of People, Environment and Planning, Massey University
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, The Open University
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British Politics Lecturer, University of Liverpool
