Keir Starmer: ‘If you want change, you have to vote for it’ | Keir Starmer
IIn just five days Keir Starmer could walk through the famous black doors of Number 10 as the country’s new Prime Minister. But despite opinion polls suggesting this is likely, Starmer is taking nothing for granted. “We’re trying not to get ahead of ourselves, as we usually do,” he gently insisted when asked if he […]
Sunak and Starmer wrap up their final debate of despair | John Crace
Ring the bells that can still be rung. Forget the perfect offering. There is a crack in everything. That is how the light shines through. Look on the bright side. It’s almost over. Finally. For the last four weeks, broadcasters have tested the principle that it is insanity to do the same thing over and […]
Starmer fighting one seat, Corbyn the one next door: a schism and a symbol of battles to come | Zoe Williams
IFour weeks before election day, I spoke to the Labour constituency councillor in Holborn and St Pancras, central London. He was leaving home to campaign in Barnet, a few miles away in north London. This was not at all unusual. Keir Starmer’s constituency was guaranteed victory and has been Republican-dominated since its creation in 1983. […]
TV tonight: Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer go head-to-head in first televised debate | Television
Sunak v Starmer: ITV debate 9pm, ITVAhead of the general election on 4 July, Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Opposition Leader Keir Starmer will face off in the first televised debate, moderated by ITV News presenter Julie Etchingham and in front of a live audience. Both Sunak and Starmer have said they are looking forward to […]
With policy battle lines set, Sunak and Starmer prepare for TV combat | General election 2024
When the history of Keir Starmer’s revival of the Labour Party is written, one of the most significant turning points will be the decision to start playing with people rather than balls when it comes to Boris Johnson and Partygate. Rishi Sunak’s biggest weakness in the leadership debate this election is his background as a […]
Starmer: I’m a socialist and progressive who will always put country first | Keir Starmer
Keir Starmer describes himself as a socialist and progressive but said the country does not have the funds to deliver on some of the promises he made during the 2020 Labour leadership election. Starmer, who is facing growing pressure to clarify whether he would raise tuition fees if Labour wins the election, gave a personal […]
Keir Starmer offers ‘change’, ‘change’ and even more ‘change’. But that’s not the same as governing | Simon Jenkins
WThe focus group opinion was reportedly clear. Labour’s Keir Starmer is uninspiring. The economy is not in desperate need of new management. The world is certainly in turmoil. But there is one message he made sure to get across from Starmer’s podium on Wednesday. “Change”. Rishi Sunak has been a decidedly less bad chancellor than […]
Keir Starmer: ‘no quick fix to Tory mess’ if Labour wins election | Labour
Keir Starmer says there will be no “quick fixes” to the serious problems Labor will inherit if it wins the next election, amid fanfare of support from senior officials. announced the party’s six campaign promises. The Labor leader said the country’s “most rational and tolerant people” believed the party would be in Britain before receiving […]
Keir Starmer puts six key pledges ‘up in lights’ to win over swing voters | Keir Starmer
Keir Starmer will on Thursday unveil his version of New Labor’s pledge card for the next general election, making six key promises “clarified” as part of the party’s proposals to sway voters. Campaign materials will be distributed to voters on doorsteps across England and will be unveiled at an event in Essex as the Labor […]
It’s time to end the UK’s divisions: Labour is for everyone | Keir Starmer
RIshi Sunak may have been scared to put his name on the ballot paper this week, but voters sent him a clear message in the local election anyway. People across the country voted for change, from the manufacturing hub of Derby to industrial Redditch and Thurrock in Essex. In Aldershot, home to the British military, […]