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Starmer's victory speech was a display of humble realism
The New Statesman· 2 days agoThe crowds erupted with joy when Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria got out of their car on Downing...
After a historic Labour victory, I’m choosing hope
The New Statesman· 2 days agoA little under five years ago, in December 2019, I wrote a column – among my first for this magazine – reflecting on the result of that month’s election,...
The highs and lows of election night coverage
The New Statesman· 2 days agoAfter a banal and frustrating campaign, the broadcasters threw everything they had into election night – and they offered viewers and listeners more...
How Labour can govern for working people
The New Statesman· 2 days agoThe Conservatives brutally ejected from office. When I congratulated Keir Starmer this morning my message to him was clear. The trade union movement...
Labour has been sent a warning
The New Statesman· 2 days agoIt allows Keir Starmer’s Labour to begin an audacious and incredibly difficult project of national rebuilding – in terms of public services, the economy...
Keir Starmer wins – but he must deliver quickly
The New Statesman· 2 days agoLabour’s victory is muted and precarious. Its vote share could have only gone up by one or two percentage points on 2019. Starmer could be about to win a...
The SNP has finally been punished
The New Statesman· 2 days agoBig hitters such as Joanna Cherry, Alyn Smith and Stewart McDonald are gone – each perhaps a loss to parliament, but each swept aside by a spasm of anger...
The Conservatives invited this disaster
The New Statesman· 2 days agoThis is an election result that leaves the Conservative Party fighting for its life. The oldest and most successful political party in the country –...
Labour’s precarious triumph
The New Statesman· 2 days agoAfter one of the worst defeats in its history, Labour has achieved one of its biggest victories. Upon becoming leader in 2020, Keir Starmer observed that...
Labour has won the election – it hasn’t won the argument
The New Statesman· 2 days agoKeir Starmer’s task of earning his majority begins today.
