Voices on the Left: 5 blogs from the left you need to read this week
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Keir Starmer
MPs renew calls for Boris Johnson’s resignation at fiery PMQs
‘People out there are sick to the back teeth of it being one rule for the Tories, and another for everyone else. The Prime Minister, for once, needs to do the right thing – for God’s sake, resign!’
Why you’re not allowed to talk about the Queen in Parliament
Keir Starmer mentioned the Queen at PMQs, and was reprimanded by the Speaker.
Boris Johnson humiliated at Prime Minister’s Questions after admitting he attended lockdown party at Number 10
Johnson insisted he thought it was a work event
Keir Starmer offers ‘contract with British people’ based on ‘security, prosperity and respect’
Starmer said it was not unpatriotic to point out the country’s flaws
Labour hints it could hold back in Lib Dem-facing constituencies to deny the Tories a majority
‘I will focus my party on those target seats, on the places where we can win and we know we have to win.’
Starmer overtakes Johnson in ‘who would make the best Prime Minister?’ metric for first time
33% of the public say that Keir Starmer would make the best Prime Minister, compared to 31% who say the same for Boris Johnson.
Starmer slammed for ‘ditching freedom of movement pledge’
“Labour conference voted for Freedom of Movement & it is there that Labour policy has always been decided & adhered to until a policy is overturned by mechanisms built within labour since it’s inception as Labour.”
Keir Starmer refuses five times to say he thinks Corbyn would have been a better PM than Boris Johnson
Starmer was repeatedly asked on BBC Radio 4 Today whether he thought Corbyn would have been a better PM than Johnson.
To win, Labour needs a better slogan
‘Starmer’s personal choice of ‘Stronger Together’, replicating Hillary Clinton’s failed presidential bid as a slogan, is incongruous to what is taking place within his party’.