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John Mcternan

John Mcternan

The Guardian

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Why is Labour refusing to use its own power?

Why is Labour refusing to use its own power?

A landslide victory in a centralised government gives Labour great political power, yet Keir Starmer seems reluctant to use it, writes John McTernan ...

02.12.2025 3

City A.M.

John Mcternan

1. Starmer needs to go

19.11.2025 40

New Statesman

John Mcternan

The case against Andy Burnham

26.09.2025 4

The Spectator

John Mcternan

Was Your Party doomed to fail?

19.09.2025 5

New Statesman

John Mcternan

The Mandelson appointment shows Starmer’s weakness

A colourful ambassador may have been a good fit for Trump but it was a tactical mis-step

13.09.2025 4

Financial Times

John Mcternan

Starmer has played this reshuffle well

06.09.2025 4

The Spectator

John Mcternan

It’s time for Starmer and Reeves to embrace the soft left

03.07.2025 3

New Statesman

John Mcternan

Why Labour shouldn’t shift right

05.05.2025 10

New Statesman

John Mcternan

Morgan McSweeney is the new Peter Mandelson

It’s an iron law of politics that when the staffer becomes the story they have to go. Dominic Cummings had to leave Boris Johnson, and Theresa...

07.10.2024 3

The Spectator

John Mcternan

Starmer and Reeves must articulate the government’s purpose

Labour’s problematic conference backdrop makes outlining the vision urgent

22.09.2024 9

Financial Times

John Mcternan