Keir Starmer
Diary
Do you remember where you were when the BBC showed a rerun of Bowie’s Glastonbury set? When we ask each…
Labour’s path to victory lies in destroying the Lib Dems
It has become a truism that there are not enough liberal voters to get Labour a majority at the next…
Can Keir Starmer turn Labour into a credible party?
By most measures Keir Starmer has, politically speaking, won the war when it comes to Covid. Since becoming Labour leader…
Low life
Saturday night we ate outside next to the floodlit rock face. Four adult guests came puffing up the path and…
Could Keir Starmer become a populist politician?
It has been a remarkable week. Boris Johnson’s refusal to sack Dominic Cummings for what the vast majority of Britons…
Boris Johnson needs to admit his coronavirus mistakes
Be careful what you wish for. Over the past few years, a fair number of thoughtful Tories have included a…
Portrait of the Week
Home The number of people who had died from the coronavirus disease Covid-19 in the UK by Sunday 5 April…
How Keir Starmer’s message was pitch perfect
It was not the acceptance speech he could have anticipated making when the campaign for the Labour leadership began many…
Labour’s surprise advantage
First impressions matter in politics. Once the public have made their mind up about a politician, they rarely change it.…
Reading, thinking, drinking
Spring sense, caressing sunshine: last week, London enjoyed village cricket weather. Even in normal circumstances, the season would not have…
A new angle
What would a Keir Starmer Labour party look like?
Is the Labour leadership contest already a done deal?
Labour’s leadership contest has been attracting less and less media interest as it goes on. Despite this, Jeremy Corbyn’s successor…
The Spectator’s Notes
Regardless of one’s views on climate change, one should welcome the fact that Boris Johnson removed Claire Perry O’Neill from…
Keir Starmer makes it onto the Labour leadership ballot: who else will join him?
Keir Starmer has made it through to the final round of the Labour leadership contest, having secured the backing of…
Is Labour heading for another Kinnock moment?
‘You end in the grotesque chaos of a Labour council – a Labour council – hiring taxis to scuttle round…
Inside the Labour leadership campaigns: who is running the show?
Now that the second phase of the Labour leadership contest is underway, the five candidates are finalising their campaign teams.…
Lady Hale’s Christmas diary (as told to Quentin Letts)
They say I must retire next month when I turn 75. Irritating. I have been a member of the Supreme…
