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Articles on Keir Starmer
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Ed Davey is haunted by his party’s experiences in government with the Conservatives – but there’s a key difference this time around.
Labour strategists seem determined to cast Starmer as the sensible ‘adult in the room’, but in order to win lost areas he needs to be much more radical than that.
Not a knockout blow but important gains for the opposition.
There’s a lot to play for in the final big electoral test before the next national vote, especially in northern regions where Labour hopes to make a comeback.
Newcomers have in fact proven much more successful at running as independents than big name politicians.
Beyond the ethical questions raised by an ad suggesting the prime minister doesn’t believe in sending sex offenders to prison is the matter of whether such negative campaigning even works.
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.
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.
Top contributors
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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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Professor of Politics, University of Liverpool
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Honorary Research Fellow in Politics, University of Stirling
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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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Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex
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Senior Lecturer in Contemporary British History, Newcastle University
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Associate Tutor in Politics and Social Sciences, Edge Hill University
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Principal Lecturer (Programmes) - Humanities and Social Sciences, Teesside University
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Chair Professor, Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Culture, Cardiff University
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British Politics Lecturer, University of Liverpool
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Senior Lecturer in Public Policy, Lancaster University
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Professor of Global Affairs, University of East London
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Research Associate, School of Journalism, Media and Culture, Cardiff University
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Professor of Modern British History, Anglia Ruskin University
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Associate Professor, Politics and Public Policy, Flinders University
