Tories swipe that Keir Starmer's plan to tackle small boats crisis has 'already fallen apart' as Labour leader is forced to deny Britain would have to take in a quota of migrants as part of his bid to
1 year, 3 months ago

Tories swipe that Keir Starmer's plan to tackle small boats crisis has 'already fallen apart' as Labour leader is forced to deny Britain would have to take in a quota of migrants as part of his bid to

Daily Mail  

Sir Keir Starmer today faced Tory claims his plan to tackle the small boats crisis had 'already fallen apart'. Sir Keir Starmer has attempted to flesh out how he would try and cut Channel migrant numbers should be become prime minister But the Labour leader faced Tory claims his plan to tackle the small boats crisis has 'already fallen apart' Sir Keir met with Canadian PM Justin Trudeau during his visit to Montreal for a summit of centre-left leaders Starmer shrugs off Cabinet minister's 'Beach Ken' jibe that Labour leader has 'zero balls' Sir Keir Starmer was compared to 'Beach Ken' from this summer's hit Barbie movie Sir Keir Starmer today shrugged off a Cabinet minister's jibe that he's like 'Beach Ken' because he has 'zero balls'. Sir Keir was forced to clarify Labour's plans came after he had previously suggested he would be willing to accept the 'quid pro quo' of migrant quotas in exchange for a returns deal with Brussels. But immigration minister Robert Jenrick today claimed Labour and Sir Keir 'don't have the stomach' to combat the Channel migrant crisis.

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Keir Starmer admits ‘much more’ to do after difficult first six months in No 10
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Keir Starmer admits ‘much more’ to do after difficult first six months in No 10

The Independent  

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When it comes to immigration, Labour can only blame its inheritance from the Tories for so long
1 month ago

When it comes to immigration, Labour can only blame its inheritance from the Tories for so long

The Independent  

When Sir Keir Starmer unveiled six policy milestones in his “plan for change” this month, any targets to reduce legal and illegal migration were conspicuous by their absence. Successive prime ministers from David Cameron onwards promised to reduce legal migration, and Rishi Sunak impaled himself on a painful hook by pledging to “stop the boats” crossing the English Channel. The …

Keir Starmer starts again: PM pleads with Brits to judge him on higher living standards, lower NHS waits and more police in 'reset' speech… but NO target on cutting immigration and has he watered down
1 month, 1 week ago

Keir Starmer starts again: PM pleads with Brits to judge him on higher living standards, lower NHS waits and more police in 'reset' speech… but NO target on cutting immigration and has he watered down

Daily Mail  

Keir Starmer swiped at Whitehall's tolerance of 'managed decline' in Britain today as he attempted to 'reset' his struggling government. The PM is using a speech at Pinewood studios in Buckinghamshire to unveil six 'milestones' that Labour should have achieved by the time of the next election in 2029 The PM used a speech at Pinewood studios in Buckinghamshire to …

Tories used Brexit as a ‘one-nation open borders experiment’, claims Starmer after record immigration figures
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Tories used Brexit as a ‘one-nation open borders experiment’, claims Starmer after record immigration figures

The Independent  

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What Sir Keir can learn from the Kamala calamity
2 months ago

What Sir Keir can learn from the Kamala calamity

The Independent  

Labour has begun an intense debate about the lessons it must learn from the defeat of its sister party, the Democrats, in the US election. To the UK list, we can add the NHS – the symbol of Labour’s pledge to improve public services, on which it will be judged at the next general election. But when a former Independent …

Keir Starmer promises to revive UK as he dismisses ‘silly’ freebies stories
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Keir Starmer promises to revive UK as he dismisses ‘silly’ freebies stories

The Independent  

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Starmer is right to proceed cautiously in resetting EU relations
4 months ago

Starmer is right to proceed cautiously in resetting EU relations

The Independent  

The prime minister told The Independent on the flight to Washington DC on Friday that he was “very serious” about repairing relations with the European Union after the turbulence of the past eight years. Philip van Scheltinga, of Redfield & Wilton, which carried out an opinion poll exclusively for The Independent, said: “While voters are mostly disappointed by Brexit, they …

Former EU negotiator Barnier becomes French PM as Starmer seeks Brexit reset
4 months, 1 week ago

Former EU negotiator Barnier becomes French PM as Starmer seeks Brexit reset

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Sir Keir Starmer is accused of being elected to office on 'false promises' - as Labour leader is set to warn that things in Britain 'will get worse before they get better'
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Sir Keir Starmer is accused of being elected to office on 'false promises' - as Labour leader is set to warn that things in Britain 'will get worse before they get better'

Daily Mail  

Labour was elected on 'false promises', senior Tories claimed last night as Sir Keir Starmer prepares to deliver more doom and gloom tomorrow. The Prime Minister will use his first major speech since winning power to warn that things in Britain 'will get worse before they get better'. Sir Keir Starmer will vow not to 'shy away from making unpopular …

Tory leadership hopeful Tom Tugendhat claims Starmer failed country over riots
5 months ago

Tory leadership hopeful Tom Tugendhat claims Starmer failed country over riots

The Independent  

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Keir Starmer – what he really makes of Trump, Blair and Corbyn
6 months ago

Keir Starmer – what he really makes of Trump, Blair and Corbyn

The Independent  

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How American media covered UK’s new Prime Minister Keir Starmer
6 months, 1 week ago

How American media covered UK’s new Prime Minister Keir Starmer

The Independent  

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He’s derided as dull but Keir Starmer becomes UK prime minister with a sensational victory
6 months, 1 week ago

He’s derided as dull but Keir Starmer becomes UK prime minister with a sensational victory

Associated Press  

LONDON — For someone often derided as dull, Keir Starmer has delivered a sensational election result. Starmer led Britain’s Labour Party to a landslide election victory, and on Friday became the country’s 58th prime minister — the first leader from the center-left party to win a U.K. national election since Tony Blair, who won three in a row starting in …

He's derided as dull, but Keir Starmer becomes UK prime minister with a sensational victory
6 months, 1 week ago

He's derided as dull, but Keir Starmer becomes UK prime minister with a sensational victory

The Independent  

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‘Gigantic’ To-Do List Awaits Labour Party Chief Keir Starmer, Poised To Be UK’s Next PM
6 months, 1 week ago

‘Gigantic’ To-Do List Awaits Labour Party Chief Keir Starmer, Poised To Be UK’s Next PM

News 18  

Keir Starmer has a daunting in-tray when his Labour party gets to work governing Britain after almost a decade and a half in opposition. “It’s more a gigantic trunk of problems,” political scientist Karl Pike told AFP, listing issues ranging from ending strikes in the state-run health service to negotiating a new post-Brexit deal with the European Union. When Diamond …

Don't surrender your voice... just get out and make your vote count, writes Prime Minister RISHI SUNAK
6 months, 1 week ago

Don't surrender your voice... just get out and make your vote count, writes Prime Minister RISHI SUNAK

Daily Mail  

Your vote counts – 130,000 of you can stop the supermajority that Sir Keir Starmer craves. Prime Minister RISHI SUNAK writes: 'Ask your friends, ask your neighbours: do they want their family to pay more than £2,000 extra in tax?' I want to cut your taxes, Keir Starmer will raise them – and if he gets that supermajority, he’ll raise …

Keir Starmer's immigration plans are dubbed a 'con job,' says Cleverly
6 months, 1 week ago

Keir Starmer's immigration plans are dubbed a 'con job,' says Cleverly

Daily Mail  

James Cleverly has branded Labour's immigration plans a 'con job' which will make the UK 'the destination of choice for illegal migrants in Europe'. Scrapping the Rwanda deportation scheme would worsen the crisis – and leave Sir Keir Starmer with 'no option' but to give an amnesty to tens of thousands crossing the Channel illegally, he claimed. Mr Cleverly urged …

'Migrants are just waiting for a Labour government before crossing to the UK': Rishi Sunak warns Britain will be a 'soft touch' magnet for illegal migration under 'socialist' Keir Starmer as hard righ
6 months, 2 weeks ago

'Migrants are just waiting for a Labour government before crossing to the UK': Rishi Sunak warns Britain will be a 'soft touch' magnet for illegal migration under 'socialist' Keir Starmer as hard righ

Daily Mail  

Rishi Sunak today warned Britain would become the 'soft touch of Europe' on illegal migration if Labour wins power at Thursday's general election. Rishi Sunak today warned Britain would become the 'soft touch of Europe' on illegal migration if Labour wins power at Thursday's general election The Prime Minister ramped up his attacks on Sir Keir Starmer and claimed the …

Keir Starmer warns ‘hardest mile’ ahead as he tries to rally Labour activists for final push
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Keir Starmer warns ‘hardest mile’ ahead as he tries to rally Labour activists for final push

The Independent  

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Keir Starmer squirms before he admits Labour 'got it wrong' when it tried to install Jeremy Corbyn in No. 10
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Keir Starmer squirms before he admits Labour 'got it wrong' when it tried to install Jeremy Corbyn in No. 10

Daily Mail  

Labour 'got it wrong' when it tried to install Jeremy Corbyn in No 10, Sir Keir Starmer admitted last night. During a question and answer session with readers of The Sun newspaper, Sir Keir was quizzed about his relationship with Mr Corbyn, whose Shadow Cabinet he served in for four years. Sir Keir Starmer has admitted that Labour 'got it …

UK Labour leader Keir Starmer says he’ll end the era of ‘gestures and gimmicks’ if he wins power
7 months ago

UK Labour leader Keir Starmer says he’ll end the era of ‘gestures and gimmicks’ if he wins power

Associated Press  

MANCHESTER, England — The left-of-center politician aiming to become Britain’s prime minister in three weeks’ time said Thursday he will lead a government that’s both “pro-business and pro-worker” and restore stability after years of economic and political turmoil. Labour Party leader Keir Starmer said that if he’s elected on July 4, he will end the “desperate era of gestures and …

Keir Starmer pledges to slash ‘sky-high’ migration numbers under a Labour government
7 months, 1 week ago

Keir Starmer pledges to slash ‘sky-high’ migration numbers under a Labour government

The Independent  

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Keir Starmer goads Diane Abbott and Labour Left with boast that he has 'changed the party' for the better over past four years and only wants the 'highest-quality' election candidates - as furious row
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Keir Starmer goads Diane Abbott and Labour Left with boast that he has 'changed the party' for the better over past four years and only wants the 'highest-quality' election candidates - as furious row

Daily Mail  

Sir Keir Starmer taunted furious Labour leftwingers today amid claims of a 'purge' of figures including Diane Abbott, saying that winning over former Tory voters 'vindicated' his leadership. Defiant Dianne Abbot tells her supporters that she will do whatever it takes to stand as an MP for Hackney North Supporters of Diane Abbott arrive at Hackney Town Hall for rally …

'We are not dodging': Sir Keir Starmer denies being 'frit' of facing Rishi Sunak on live TV after Labour leader is branded 'the Knight afraid to fight' for refusing to take part in weekly election cam
7 months, 3 weeks ago

'We are not dodging': Sir Keir Starmer denies being 'frit' of facing Rishi Sunak on live TV after Labour leader is branded 'the Knight afraid to fight' for refusing to take part in weekly election cam

Daily Mail  

Sir Keir Starmer was forced to deny being 'fit' today as he continued to refuse to face Rishi Sunak live on TV every week during the general election campaign. Rishi Sunak holds a Q&A with staff of a West William distribution centre, as part of a campaign event ahead of a general election Keir Starmer speaks during a Labour general …

Labour leader Keir Starmer is often called dull. But he might be Britain's next prime minister
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Labour leader Keir Starmer is often called dull. But he might be Britain's next prime minister

The Independent  

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Keir Starmer dons his election boots to tramp all over Tory territory
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Keir Starmer dons his election boots to tramp all over Tory territory

The Independent  

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Keir Starmer attacks ‘unquenchable Tory thirst for gimmicks’ and promises to scrap Rwanda plan ‘straight away’
8 months ago

Keir Starmer attacks ‘unquenchable Tory thirst for gimmicks’ and promises to scrap Rwanda plan ‘straight away’

The Independent  

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The key to understanding Keir Starmer
10 months, 3 weeks ago

The key to understanding Keir Starmer

The Independent  

We all know that two great armies are on manoeuvres before a decisive battle. open image in gallery Labour leaders always face a rough passage, and Keir Starmer faces an even more turbulent one Baldwin’s Starmer is self-contained, but “paradoxical”, an unvarnished fighter who’s allowed the reluctant exhibitionism of secret aspirations to release this unauthorised but comprehensive inquiry into a …

Starmer: I served Corbyn – but I never thought he’d win
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Starmer: I served Corbyn – but I never thought he’d win

The Telegraph  

Sir Keir Starmer has admitted he never thought Jeremy Corbyn would win the 2019 general election and only served in his shadow cabinet to stop Conservative Brexit plans. Speaking on Keir Starmer: Up Close - Tonight, which airs on ITV1 on Thursday, Sir Keir declined to answer whether he wanted Mr Corbyn to be prime minister, but said: “I didn’t …

Sir Keir Starmer mocks Tory infighting during Christmas-themed PMQs clash
1 year, 1 month ago

Sir Keir Starmer mocks Tory infighting during Christmas-themed PMQs clash

The Independent  

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What we learnt from Keir Starmer’s speech about Labour’s 2019 election disaster
1 year, 1 month ago

What we learnt from Keir Starmer’s speech about Labour’s 2019 election disaster

The Independent  

It is a measure of Keir Starmer’s confidence, misplaced or otherwise, that he chose to mark the fourth anniversary of one of the worst electoral drubbings his party has ever received with a speech. The Conservatives scored their highest Commons majority since 1987; the best vote share since 1979; conquered safe red-wall Labour seats; and managed to win more support …

Sir Keir Starmer criticised for crediting Margaret Thatcher’s ‘sense of purpose’
1 year, 1 month ago

Sir Keir Starmer criticised for crediting Margaret Thatcher’s ‘sense of purpose’

The Independent  

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Keir Starmer asks Tory voters to ditch ‘dangerous populists’ and join Labour
1 year, 3 months ago

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

The Independent  

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Starmer: Tory claims that Labour will join EU migrant quota scheme are ‘garbage’
1 year, 3 months ago

Starmer: Tory claims that Labour will join EU migrant quota scheme are ‘garbage’

The Independent  

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‘He’s given up’: Keir Starmer’s wounding jibe against Rishi Sunak rings true
1 year, 6 months ago

‘He’s given up’: Keir Starmer’s wounding jibe against Rishi Sunak rings true

The Independent  

Keir Starmer, who opposed the 300,000-a-year house-building target before he supported it, asked Rishi Sunak why he is against it when he used to be for it. The prime minister replied with a jumble of statistics that amounted to: “Look, you and I both know that it is difficult to build houses in places people want to live in the …

Keir Starmer ‘wettest Labour leader’ on crime in history – Tory minister
1 year, 9 months ago

Keir Starmer ‘wettest Labour leader’ on crime in history – Tory minister

The Independent  

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Keir Starmer speech: Labour leader pledges new nationalised 'Great British Energy' supplier
2 years, 3 months ago

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

The Telegraph  

Wes Streeting, the shadow health secretary, has been given the critical job of teeing up Sir Keir Starmer's big speech this afternoon. Asked how Sir Keir intends to unlock the door to No 10 Downing Street, Mr Streeting told Sky News: “I think turn the anger and frankly disgust with the Conservatives into a positive appetite for Labour and that’s …

Neither Blairite nor Corbynista, Keir Starmer is the only hope of uniting faction-ridden Labour
4 years, 9 months ago

Neither Blairite nor Corbynista, Keir Starmer is the only hope of uniting faction-ridden Labour

The Independent  

Confirmed as new Labour leader on Saturday, Keir Starmer won because enough of the party’s members decided they wanted to win after four painful electoral defeats. Without criticising Corbyn, Starmer led Labour’s crab-like move towards embracing a referendum on the Brexit deal, against the leader’s initial wishes. The real Starmer is neither Blairite nor Corbynista; he’s on the soft left, …

Keir Starmer elected new leader of UK’s Labour Party
4 years, 9 months ago

Keir Starmer elected new leader of UK’s Labour Party

Al Jazeera  

Glasgow, United Kingdom – Jeremy Corbyn’s chequered leadership of the British Labour Party has officially come to an end after Keir Starmer was elected to replace him following a protracted four-month contest. “He’s an intelligent man, has his background … comes across as balanced and has gravitas.” Congratulations to @Keir_Starmer, the new Leader of the Labour Party!#LabourLeadership pic.twitter.com/i2PjxXaWMf — The …

Believe it or not, Keir Starmer may find it surprisingly easy to unite the Labour Party
4 years, 11 months ago

Believe it or not, Keir Starmer may find it surprisingly easy to unite the Labour Party

The Independent  

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Keir Starmer showcases left-wing credentials in Labour leadership battle: 'My dad worked in a factory and my mum was a nurse'
5 years ago

Keir Starmer showcases left-wing credentials in Labour leadership battle: 'My dad worked in a factory and my mum was a nurse'

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