menu_open Columnists
John Mcternan

John Mcternan

The Guardian

We use cookies to provide some features and experiences in QOSHE

More information  .  Close

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

yesterday 4

Financial Times

John Mcternan

Starmer has played this reshuffle well

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