Keir Starmer
Laughing to hide the tears
Beware: prime ministerial jokes ahead
Manchesterism is dead in the water
Andy Burnham already appears to have abandoned hope for meaningful change
It’s what you Makerfield of it
Andy Burnham may yet stop Reform, but victory would raise almost as many questions for Labour as defeat.
The Starmer strikes back
In a galaxy far, far from stable, Labour’s leadership chaos overshadows the King’s Speech
Reset as usual
Labour’s problem is not messaging, presentation or leadership — it is that the party lacks the appetite for the reforms Britain demands
The hollow men
T. S. Eliot understood contemporary politicians better than they understand themselves
Keir’s logorrhoea
The prime minister has a lot to say — but does any of it actually matter?
A Laboured response
Keir Starmer and his advocates are all out of ideas
The resistible centrism of Mark Gatiss
Why a centre-left worldview struggles to understand dissent
The forlorn hope of growth
Voters are struggling economically but wrongly believe the country to be rich
