Keir Starmer and the evil of banality | The Spectator
2024年8月28日 · A recent poll from More in Common shows that Starmer’s ‘popularity’ has plunged by 27 points in just two months. A nearly unprecedented decline, leaving him on minus 16. That is not banal ...
Keir Starmer’s Bafflingly Bad Start as the U.K.’s Prime Minister
2024年10月12日 · Sam Knight writes about the British Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, and how the Labour government’s first hundred days in power have been characterized by mistakes, infighting, and drift.
Labour insiders fear Starmer's past could come back to haunt him …
2023年4月29日 · Labour insiders have expressed concern about Tory plans to ramp up attacks on Sir Keir Starmer's tenure as director of public prosecutions, Sky News can reveal. The Labour leader has repeatedly referenced his time leading the Crown Prosecution Service between 2008 and 2013 as a core part of his political pitch to voters.
Keir Starmer has shown he is ruthless and dislikes being challenged
2024年11月30日 · Starmer has shown he is ruthless but also doesn’t like to be challenged. Unlike Tony Blair, who had dissident voices around his Cabinet table such as Clare Short. Few left-wingers are in the PM’s...
Keir Starmer is ruthless. But is that wise? - The Spectator
2023年4月8日 · Starmer couldn’t look to previous leaders and study how they managed it. His predicament was unique. He did badly but it’s hard see how anyone could have done much better. In May 2021, as the...
Keir Starmer’s original sin has come back to haunt him - The Telegraph
2024年6月18日 · There is a famous internet meme in which David Beckham twice tells a dissembler to “be honest” before finally saying “thank you” after procuring a damning admission. It came readily to mind during...
Why Donald Trump is the British government’s worst nightmare
2024年11月6日 · Keir Starmer was already finding life tough as a center-left leader in a world of populist anger. Now enter Donald Trump — Starmer’s worst nightmare writ large. The British prime minister is a moderate legal nerd who prizes deliberation and the rule of law.
The truth about Keir Starmer that we are too scared to say
2024年12月25日 · Starmer’s key contribution was to demonstrate that the most effective attack against populism was not ideological. It was practical. It was simply to point out that they were messing things up...
Why is it all going so wrong for Keir Starmer? He has the power …
This is reactive territory: Starmer is not really the main culprit in a long story of many blind-eyes turned to the fate of thousands of vulnerable young women, abused in the 1990s and 2000s.
Analysis: Tough week tests Keir Starmer's leadership
2024年2月14日 · Sir Keir made it a personal pledge to eradicate antisemitism from the party. His initial decision not to suspend Rochdale candidate Mr Ali drew on the support he has earned in recent years among...