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Keir Starmer resigns: can anyone survive as prime minister in today’s Britain?

In the end, the pressure on him to go was just to great.

22.06.2026 10

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Nicholas Dickinson

Ousting Keir Starmer is harder than it looks – party rules mean he can choose to keep fighting

The pressure on Keir Starmer is relentless – but any challenge won’t play out like the prime ministerial topplings of the previous government.

12.05.2026 20

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Nicholas Dickinson

Your Party: if the name sounds terrible, there’s a good reason for it

Parties of the British left have been notorious for the arguments about what names mean. No wonder this new endeavour chose a name that effectively...

05.12.2025 20

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The latest Tory defector to Reform wrote David Cameron’s ‘hug a hoodie’ speech – here’s why that matters now

Kruger was behind David Cameron’s legendary ‘compassionate conservatism’ drive. His departure exposes the hollowness of this period in...

18.09.2025 10

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Nicholas Dickinson