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The case for keeping Keir Starmer a little longer

The case for keeping Keir Starmer a little longer

Panic-buying a slightly less unpopular rival will not help Labour face its real challenges

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The Big Read. Labour’s leftward shift and the bond vigilante threat

The Big Read. Labour’s leftward shift and the bond vigilante threat

The UK’s debt mountain would constrain a new prime minister’s choices — and could make further tax rises more likely

20.03.2026 10

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The UK must accept it is no longer a global power

The UK must accept it is no longer a global power

Starmer has failed to level with the public that Britain’s control over its destiny is limited

19.03.2026 10

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Labour must not lose my generation of voters

Labour must not lose my generation of voters

The defeat by the Greens in Greater Manchester demonstrates the danger of failing to address economic burdens

16.03.2026 10

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How Labour should deal with the backbench rebel alliance

Their influence is not inherently problematic — but such visible challenges to key policy proposals are

13.03.2026 10

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British politicians have the wrong kind of money on the brain

Westminster struggles to talk seriously about most topics and in particular about the economy

12.03.2026 10

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It’s time to end Britain’s first-past-the-post election lottery

The Gorton and Denton by-election confirmed just how capricious our electoral system has become

06.03.2026 10

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A new education landscape emerges for England

Governments should build on, not rip up, what went before — the new skills strategy does just that

27.10.2025 20

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Alf Dubs and Jacob Rees-Mogg: citizenship stripping is fundamentally unBritish

Shamima Begum made grave mistakes. But she is our responsibility and no one else’s

16.05.2025 10

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