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Andy Beckett

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In Trump’s fantasy politics, he can accomplish anything – but reality will prevail

In Trump’s fantasy politics, he can accomplish anything – but reality will prevail
01.02.2025 20

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Andy Beckett

Farage, Musk and Trump: they crave your attention. Don’t give it to them

10.01.2025 30

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Andy Beckett

Have those who say Starmer is failing forgotten the madness of the Tory years already?

For anyone on the right, a Labour government under siege is one of the most reassuringly familiar sights in British politics. The party’s...

16.12.2024 30

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Andy Beckett

Bullies can sense weakness – which is why Labour must not shy away from taking on the global far right

The rise of the far right is an awful but inescapable fact of modern politics. Across the world, in supposedly stable and moderate democracies as...

09.12.2024 10

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Andy Beckett

Meet the groups trying to create a new leftwing party – and channel the energy missing from Starmer’s Labour

Ever since Keir Starmer began shoving Labour rightwards in 2020, a space has been opening up in British politics. The limited enthusiasm for Labour...

15.11.2024 50

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Andy Beckett

If I were a cautious, centre-left prime minister, Trump’s victory would have me worried

Whatever determinedly positive things centre-left leaders around the world have said about Donald Trump’s victory in public, in private they must...

07.11.2024 20

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Andy Beckett

Starmer’s opening moves as PM have been as unpopular as Thatcher’s were. Can he recover like she did?

“When we asked for your vote,” said the prime minister, “we didn’t promise you instant sunshine. We pointed out … that a nation can’t accelerate...

11.10.2024 3

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Andy Beckett

Warning to Keir Starmer – you are a Labour prime minister, not a ‘red wall’ one. Remember that

With every difficult day Keir Starmer’s government has to navigate, the ease of its election victory only two months ago feels more and more...

20.09.2024 30

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Andy Beckett

Is Keir Starmer’s plan to help workers the start of a new era – or no big deal?

For 45 years, ever since Margaret Thatcher was first elected, Britons have had to get used to the idea that trade unions and workers’ rights are...

13.09.2024 30

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Andy Beckett

Is effective centre-left government possible? Starmer has yet to prove that – but prove it he must

All governments disappoint us in the end. Some policies fail, divisions open up, ideological dead-ends are reached and national problems are left...

23.08.2024 30

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Andy Beckett

Were UK protests against far right anti-thugs or anti-racist? The answer will tell us much about our nation

In some ways, the counterprotests across the UK against the far right have been a straightforward, much-needed good news story. A great array of...

12.08.2024 50

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Andy Beckett