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Biden’s failure is a warning to Labour

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22.01.2025

WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 10: U.S. President Joe Biden (R) and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (L) shake hands while speaking to reporters before participating in a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on July 10, 2024 in Washington, DC. Starmer is visiting the United States to participate in the 2024 NATO summit. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Rachel Reeves has said her economic proposals are inspired by Bidenomics, but even though America’s economy is prospering regular voters hated how Biden got them there – and that should worry Labour, says Will Cooling

Yesterday brought to an end Joe Biden’s long goodbye from public life. A man who once convened private meetings with historians to discuss how he could ensure his presidency would be considered a transformational one, will instead be remembered as nothing more than a failed interregnum between President Trump’s first and second acts.

But in Britain we shouldn’t forget that, until the wheels came off, many within Labour saw tremendous similarities between themselves and Joe Biden’s administration.........

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