Sir Keir Starmer insisted he is ‘very comfortable’ with displaying his patriotism today as he warned that ‘competence’ alone would not help Labour shrug off the spectre of Corbynism and win a general election. The Labour leader said he is on a ‘four-year journey’ to turn around the ‘worst loss since 1935’ as he faced questions … Read more
Boris Johnson‘s bid to get all children back to school in two-weeks’ time received a boost today as Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer backed the plan – and risked a furious row with unions. The Prime Minister wants to reopen all classrooms on March 8 and is expected to announce the proposal when he reveals … Read more
Sir Keir Starmer warned Boris Johnson not to ‘waste the sacrifices of the last year’ with a botched rebuilding of the UK economy today as he set out his own economic vision for the future in front of a faint Union Jack backdrop. The Labour boss warned the PM and Chancellor Rishi Sunak against hiking taxes … Read more
Sir Keir Starmer warned Boris Johnson not to ‘waste the sacrifices of the last year’ with a botched rebuilding of the UK economy today as he set out his own economic vision for the future. The Labour boss warned the PM and Chancellor Rishi Sunak against hiking taxes or implementing a new wave of austerity in … Read more
Under-fire Keir Starmer aims to style himself as the new Clement Attlee who can rebuild the country after the devastation of Covid-19 pandemic The Labour leader will address claims he is not up to the job of prime minister in a major speech today setting out his vision for the country He plans to model … Read more
Sir Keir Starmer has warned that tax rises and austerity risk ‘choking off’ a rapid economic revival after the coronavirus pandemic. The Labour leader said he wanted to model the UK’s recovery on Clement Attlee’s post-Second World War strategy to restore Britain’s ‘backbone’. ‘In the short term, you don’t balance the books and you don’t … Read more
Having come a cropper during last week’s Prime Minister’s Questions, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer is set for another bruising encounter with a far more accomplished blonde adversary – his former lover. Phillippa Kaufmann QC, the distinguished human rights barrister, and Starmer QC, a former Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), could face off at the … Read more
Keir Starmer isn’t working! Labour Left-wingers call for John McDonnell to lead the party as they urge key Corbyn ally to stand if the party leader is forced out Sir Keir, who replaced Corbyn ten months ago, failing to ‘lay a glove’ on Johnson Source close to McDonnell dismissed leadership speculation as ‘pure mischief’ Sir … Read more
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer is facing a backlash after one of his most senior frontbenchers described the Covid pandemic as a ‘gift that keeps on giving’ for lawyers. Lord Falconer, the Shadow Attorney General, used the phrase during a briefing for a top City firm staffed by millionaire lawyers. The peer insists that he … Read more
Furious Keir Starmer confronted Boris Johnson and ‘ranted’ at him after they clashed over his Brexit record at PMQs, it was claimed today. Witnesses said the Labour leader ‘lost it’ after Mr Johnson accused him of wanting to stay in the European Medicines Agency – which has been slated for dragging its heels over vaccine … Read more