Tag Archives: Keir Starmer

Why has Starmer gone? Four reasons why he has accepted the inevitable – and why he didn’t do so sooner

Posted on June 22, 2026 by Alex Grant

1 It’s the geography, stupid: the nation simply no longer wants a London lawyer at the helm Labour has never had a leader from the north of England since Harold Wilson stepped down as prime minister in 1976. James Callaghan … Continue reading →

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Amidst Coronavirus, Keir Starmer is finding his feet. Let’s just hope that second best is good enough

Posted on May 27, 2020 by Alex Grant

Never, since Iain Duncan Smith became Conservative leader two days after 9/11, has the election of a new Leader of the Opposition been so overshadowed by events. Coronavirus meant there was even less attention paid to Keir Starmer’s arrival than … Continue reading →

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