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Keir Starmer

Keir Starmer speaking at a lectern

Backlash from Labour activists and MPs after Green New Deal motion blocked

LFF Reporter
17 September, 2021

‘Labour for a Green New Deal described the move as ‘anti-democratic’ which was designed to ‘silence members, making a mockery of any commitment to bold climate action’.

Government condemned for ‘using taxpayers’ money to pay for opinion polling on Labour Party politicians’

Basit Mahmood
30 July, 2021

“This all makes me really uncomfortable. Ben Warner wants us to spend £110k of public money per month with the agency who were behind vote leave who have no mainstream polling experience.”

Labour Party leader Keir Starmer speaking at the dispatch box in the House of Commons

Why Labour needs to look to 1964 not 1945

Samuel McIlhagga
26 July, 2021

Labour and Starmer should look to Harold Wilson’s election victory in 1964 for answers.

Unite’s Steve Turner says ‘no one can get close to his record’ and calls on Labour to offer ‘real opposition’

Basit Mahmood
9 July, 2021

‘I am standing on my record and nobody can touch that, they won’t even get close.’

Labour Party leader Keir Starmer speaking at the dispatch box in the House of Commons

Labour’s lesson in Batley: Treasure the Muslim vote

Hamza Ali Shah
2 July, 2021

‘It is hard not to trace the apparent desertion en masse of British Muslims from Labour to the party’s lethargic attitude to Muslims and their concerns since Starmer’s election victory. ‘

Polling Station

How different parts of the left are reacting to the Batley and Spen result

Basit Mahmood
2 July, 2021

It’s a win of major significance not just for Kim Leadbeater but for the Labour Party nationally.

Labour Party leader Keir Starmer speaking at the dispatch box in the House of Commons

EXCLUSIVE: Voters think Starmer should go if Labour loses Batley and Spen by-election, poll finds

1 July, 2021

‘Of those surveyed, 35% of voters think Keir Starmer should quit as Labour leader, compared to 28% who think he should stay on.’

Talk of leadership challenge to Keir Starmer increases as voters head to Batley and Spen

Basit Mahmood
1 July, 2021

‘The Batley and Spen by-election is seen by many as a key test for Starmer’s leadership’.

Keir Starmer in the House of Commons

How Keir Starmer is terrified of challenging militarism

Symon Hill
30 June, 2021

It’s been a bad week for Labour ‘defence’ policy, writes Symon Hill.

Only route for Starmer to Number 10 is through a confidence and supply agreement with other parties, Clive Lewis MP warns

Basit Mahmood
24 June, 2021

‘If Keir Starmer has any chance of being in Number 10, it will be the result of a confidence and supply agreement.’

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