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Anne McElvoy

The Guardian

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What Labour insiders are saying about how long Starmer has left

What Labour insiders are saying about how long Starmer has left

In the Whitehall version of the “Play that Goes Wrong”, everything that could go awry for the protagonist Sir Keir Starmer has done so. He faces...

20.04.2026 10

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The recipe to save Starmer has one fatal flaw

Project Save Starmer is launched with a very small bang. The Easter break and Iran crisis mark the moment a small band of outright supporters and much...

05.04.2026 10

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Angela Rayner sees herself as the UK’s answer to JD Vance

Angela Rayner is launching a podcast, Beyond the Bubble, which is already a very Angela-shaped contradiction, because the protagonist’s mission is...

29.03.2026 20

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The UK had hoped the Iran war would pass us by - but those days are over

Luck is an underrated commodity in politics and conflicts. When it comes to avoiding strikes by an enemy’s long-range ballistic missiles, luck is...

22.03.2026 20

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Trump is dragging Starmer into a world of hurt on Iran

The future of a fragile Labour government may well be written some 4000 miles away in the Straits of Hormuz. As the Iran crisis deepens and consumers...

16.03.2026 30

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Trump set out to humiliate Starmer - but instead handed him a lifeline

Sir Keir Starmer has irked a US leader who is on a vaguely defined mission to liberate Iran from oppressive theocratic mullahs, stop an out-of-control...

08.03.2026 20

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The Iran crisis has Labour insiders asking if Rayner could really be PM

The fate of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei along with the head of the mighty Revolutionary Guards and the country’s defence minister and security corps,...

01.03.2026 10

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Here’s a key task for the new boss at the BBC: solve the mystery of all the disappearing women

12.02.2026 10

The Guardian

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Morgan McSweeney’s resignation won’t save Starmer

08.02.2026 10

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This is either the end of Andrew – or the Royal Family

01.02.2026 10

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Starmer sees challengers everywhere – but blocking them makes him look weaker

26.01.2026 10

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Starmer’s Trump strategy is in ruins – and he now faces a bitter choice

18.01.2026 10

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Starmer's fight for survival rests on one final shot at connection 

12.01.2026 10

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Starmer's great Brexit plan? Giving us the worst of both worlds

05.01.2026 20

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Inside the first days of the new MI6 chief

03.01.2026 30

New Statesman

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The clamour to undo Brexit is getting louder – but it could tear Labour apart

29.12.2025 20

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Angela Rayner is back on sly manoeuvres as Starmer slumps

14.12.2025 10

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David Lammy has become Keir Starmer's scapegoat

07.12.2025 10

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Labour’s post-Budget nightmare is a symptom of their biggest problem

30.11.2025 10

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On Budget day, Reeves will be fighting for her political career

24.11.2025 10

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I've seen the BBC up close - to save its future, it needs new blood

10.11.2025 10

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How Budget chaos is hurting Reeves and Starmer's relationship

09.11.2025 10

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With Andrew gone, there's a way back to royal life for Prince Harry

02.11.2025 10

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After Powell's victory and Caerphilly, Starmer faces an impossible balancing act

26.10.2025 10

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Shameless Prince Andrew will not go quietly

19.10.2025 10

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China ramping up espionage. Britain has been warned

12.10.2025 10

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Nigel Farage is the real Tory leader

06.10.2025 20

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Keir Starmer has a chance to win the flag war

28.09.2025 20

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You might laugh, but Corbyn and Sultana's fight will reshape our politics

22.09.2025 30

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Music, military parades and no blimps – how the UK will show Trump a good time

13.09.2025 10

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It's time for powerful men to come clean about the Epstein 'code'

09.09.2025 10

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Keir Starmer may have just promoted his own replacement

08.09.2025 20

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Keir Starmer’s past is coming back to haunt him

25.08.2025 30

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 Zelensky's days are numbered - leaving Starmer in a perilous position

18.08.2025 20

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The peak of the Zelensky era has passed – but remember this

13.08.2025 10

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Deportation talk can't save Labour without real answers on immigration

10.08.2025 20

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Keir Starmer has now made two fundamental miscalculations about Gaza

03.08.2025 20

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Starmer hopes golf diplomacy can give the UK an edge over Europe with Trump

27.07.2025 10

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Starmer’s government is becoming a Blairite tribute band - without the hits

20.07.2025 10

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Angela Rayner is prepared to let go of her union roots in a quest for power

14.07.2025 20

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The BBC expected an easy ride under Labour - how wrong it was

07.07.2025 20

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Keir Starmer has a new plan – and it starts with finding his personality

30.06.2025 20

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Starmer is facing the fallout of Labour’s blind eye to grooming gangs

16.06.2025 10

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