David Blunkett: ‘Rejoice – but tough choices loom handling so many new MPs’
Rejoice, celebrate, find a sense of relief and if, I’m honest, apprehension. We’ve actually won! No one could…
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‘Keir Starmer is at the peak of his power. How should he make the most of it?’
What we are witnessing today is a rarity in British politics. Power has changed hands just twice in…
General election 2024: ‘Here’s what to look out for in Keir Starmer’s cabinet’
Keir Starmer will be appointing his first cabinet over the coming hours. He last reshuffled his shadow cabinet…
‘A landslide masks discontent left, right and centre. Labour has its work cut out’
Tonight’s result tells us two things – the electoral volatility of the British electorate over the last decade…
‘Starmer should believe the polls – and get ready to deliver in the first 100 days’
There we have it. If this evening’s exit poll is to be believed – and I see no…
‘Exit plans and Steptoe and Sons: How past leaders spent nervy election nights’
The polls are open and the campaign is over. And while the political parties will spend the day…
‘Whatever happens to Joe Biden, Keir Starmer faces an American challenge’
This Thursday, Americans across the country will be enjoying Independence Day with fireworks, barbecues and parties. We can…
Lee Harpin: ‘How Starmer repaired Labour’s relationship with Jewish voters’
Interviewing Keir Starmer for the very first time in March 2020 for a Jewish newspaper, it seems truly…
‘Passenger populism: Can Louise Haigh fix Britain’s broken railways?’
The world’s most expensive soap opera, High Speed 2, has dominated the news cycle in recent years, so…
‘What would happen during the first 100 days of a Labour government?’
If the polls are correct, Keir Starmer will enter Downing Street as prime minister on 5 July. After…
