Sir Keir Starmer is not for turning
3 months, 1 week ago

Sir Keir Starmer is not for turning

The Independent  

In his speech to the 156th Trades Union Congress in Brighton, the prime minister offered the assembled delegates, to coin a phrase, gloom, gloom and more gloom. Any remaining celebratory mood left over from the heady historic dawn of 5 July was thoroughly dampened by the hard truths and harder choices that Sir Keir Starmer presented to the people he still calls “comrades”. Both the relatively tame opposition he encountered in Brighton and the minor rebellion in the Commons – the Conservative motion to block the winter fuel payment cut was defeated despite 53 Labour abstentions and Jon Trickett voting with the opposition – suggests that that message is getting through and resonating across the Labour movement. Unlike the Conservatives, addicted to plotting and in a state of near-permanent civil war, Sir Keir does lead a united party – and as the vote in parliament on the winter fuel payment demonstrated, a disciplined one. It is fair to say that Sir Keir has not persuaded enough people as to why the relatively small sums involved in the cut to the winter fuel subsidy meant it had to be imposed with few mitigations, supposedly to prevent a run on the pound.

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Keir ignores Labour's winter fuel revolt: Cabinet ally insists ministers 'don't have the luxury of ducking difficult choices' despite unions humiliating PM with conference vote against axe to pensione
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Keir ignores Labour's winter fuel revolt: Cabinet ally insists ministers 'don't have the luxury of ducking difficult choices' despite unions humiliating PM with conference vote against axe to pensione

Daily Mail  

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Keir Starmer set out a realistic vision of a brighter future for Britain
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Keir Starmer set out a realistic vision of a brighter future for Britain

The Independent  

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3 months ago

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The Independent  

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Keir Starmer’s determination to rebuild Britain is why he was voted in
3 months ago

Keir Starmer’s determination to rebuild Britain is why he was voted in

The Independent  

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3 months ago

After the Labour ‘freebie’ scandal, Starmer is running out of time to get his government back on track

The Independent  

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3 months ago

Labour’s early missteps are forgivable, but Starmer must get his house in order

The Independent  

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The Independent  

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Starmer’s Labour is proving to be strong and stable
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Starmer’s Labour is proving to be strong and stable

The Independent  

Having somewhat overdelivered on his election slogan of “Change”, Sir Keir Starmer may be shopping around for a new motto to guide his “missions”. The government has not made enough of the way that the pension triple lock, albeit a Liberal Democrat policy adopted by the Conservatives, has succeeded in redressing much of the discrepancy between wages and the state …

Starmer warns unions he will not risk economic stability with bumper pay deals
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Starmer warns unions he will not risk economic stability with bumper pay deals

The Independent  

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Keir Starmer says he will ‘have to be unpopular’ amid winter fuel payment backlash
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Keir Starmer says he will ‘have to be unpopular’ amid winter fuel payment backlash

The Independent  

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Keir Starmer: How has the Labour prime minister fared in his first sixty days?
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Keir Starmer: How has the Labour prime minister fared in his first sixty days?

The Independent  

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Shouts of ‘shame’ in the Commons as Starmer defends winter fuel payment cut
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Shouts of ‘shame’ in the Commons as Starmer defends winter fuel payment cut

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Protester interrupts Keir Starmer’s Labour party manifesto launch
6 months, 1 week ago

Protester interrupts Keir Starmer’s Labour party manifesto launch

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Keir Starmer offers hope as a route to Downing Street
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Keir Starmer offers hope as a route to Downing Street

The Independent  

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Keir Starmer asks Tory voters to ditch ‘dangerous populists’ and join Labour
1 year, 2 months ago

Keir Starmer asks Tory voters to ditch ‘dangerous populists’ and join Labour

The Independent  

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Keir Starmer faces backlash over his 'shocking' pension tax deal
1 year, 9 months ago

Keir Starmer faces backlash over his 'shocking' pension tax deal

The Telegraph  

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Keir Starmer speech: Labour leader pledges new nationalised 'Great British Energy' supplier
2 years, 2 months ago

Keir Starmer speech: Labour leader pledges new nationalised 'Great British Energy' supplier

The Telegraph  

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Sir Keir Starmer clashes with Labour over Brexit
2 years, 5 months ago

Sir Keir Starmer clashes with Labour over Brexit

The Telegraph  

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Keir Starmer faces conference storm over rule change and 'weird' pamphlet
3 years, 3 months ago

Keir Starmer faces conference storm over rule change and 'weird' pamphlet

Daily Mail  

Keir Starmer is facing a Labour conference storm after Sadiq Khan refused three times to back his overhaul of party rules - and a 12,000-word pamphlet setting out his 'vision' was derided. Sir Keir Starmer said he plans to turn Labour into 'Britain's bricks and mortar' as he set out his future vision for the party in a 14,000 word …

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