Apr 02 from https://www.politico.eu/uk/ Center left

PMQs: Starmer wins by brushing off Badenoch’s tax tirade

On the front foot: The PM insisted Labour was taking decisive action by “rolling up our sleeves” to help. Natch, Starmer flew the flag for policies including the minimum wage increase. He also, here’s a new one, ripped into the Tories, claiming public services were left “on their knees” on their watch. Back to basics: Badenoch, as usual, wasn’t taking it, claiming the “only mess is the one he...

Mar 23 from https://www.politics.co.uk/ Center left

How Keir Starmer’s ‘insurgent government’ could outpace its opponents

Keir Starmer has governed in defiance of expectations. From the seat of 10 Downing Street, every policy announcement eschews some past version of the prime minister: the liberal human rights lawyer, the grey technocrat, the “soft left” prophet who prevailed upon the Labour membership, the bastion of political stability. There is no consensus yet on the label that best represents Starmer...

Mar 08 from https://www.politics.co.uk/ Center left

Week-in-Review: How Donald Trump is upending British politics

Statecraft and skilful diplomacy depend, as a prerequisite, on the adherence of those interested parties to a shared reality. This shared reality is composed of two parts: the subjective and the objective. The former concerns the communal history and values of a relationship. A collective stock of political-moral principles, subsistent and borne of a common past, will create a framework in...

Dec 24 from https://www.politics.co.uk/ Center left

Year-in-Review: The unsettled dawn of Keir Starmer

A new dawn broke on 5 July 2024, did it not? Six months on from Labour’s general election triumph, interpretations vary. On that fateful summer day, Britain’s constitutional choreography seamlessly swept one premier out of power and waved in another. It was a striking dichotomy with the political carnage witnessed overnight, as Conservative MP after Conservative MP — including an array of...

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