Keir Starmer
Total 26 Posts
Leader of the Labour Party of the United Kingdom. A former lawyer who has served as Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party since 2020. He has been a Member of Parliament for Holborn and St Pancras since 2015.
Sue Gray quitting to work for Keir Starmer does cause problems for the civil service – It’s also a sign she thinks he’s heading for government
5 min read
Sue Gray’s departure from the civil service to work for Keir Starmer has raised concerns about impartiality – but it is also a sign of her faith in Starmer’s leadership.
Labour accepted £12,000 from major polluter Drax
5 min read
Labour has accepted £12,000 from the UK’s largest carbon emitter, major polluter Drax. Why?
Starmer: SNP and Tories using Gender Recognition Bill for political advantage
3 min read
Sir Keir Starmer argues that the SNP are using the Gender Recognition Bill to distract from pressing issues in Scotland, and accuses the Tories of using it as a tool to divide people and play politics.
Why 2023 is a make-or-break year for Keir Starmer’s Labour party
5 min read
The public still does not know what Keir Starmer and the Labour party stand for. Inspiration could come from a surprising source.
Another Brexit year begins
15 min read
Professor Chris Grey’s latest Brexit analysis on why it is not in the “remainers’” power to create a post-Brexit consensus, a discussion about the Retained EU Law Bill and Northern Ireland Protocol, plus some thoughts prompted by Frost’s hero-worship of Edmund Burke.
UK Politics: Tweedledrear and Tweedletrump
7 min read
The most notable thing about Keir Starmer’s speech last week was the way in which the Labour leader shamelessly nicked so many Tory and Vote Leave slogans. Will he be touring the UK in a bus with £350 million a week for the NHS on the side of it next?
There is a better Brexit strategy available to Labour
14 min read
With Labour looking like a government in waiting, the understandable caution of its Brexit policy faces calls to be bolder. Actually, it just needs to be more imaginative, Professor Chris Grey argues.