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Keir Starmer takes on Labour's biggest opponent
It isn't the Conservative party.
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November 2023
Alistair Darling, 1953-2023
A politician of uncommon decency who helped save the country not once, but twice
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Remember the other war
Victory for Ukraine remains essential: for Ukraine, for the west, for peace, and for Russia itself
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Black Friday Deal!
Flash sale: subscribe for 25% less
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Hiding Behind History
An interview with a leading Palestinian historian demonstrates the impossibility of progress
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David Cameron's short second life
The former prime minister's return as foreign secretary is a sign of desperation - but also a better appointment than others available to Rishi Sunak
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Chasing the Deer
Up and away and into the hills
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October 2023
Keir Starmer prepares for Downing Street
The Labour leader's opposition to a "ceasefire" in Gaza is a demonstration of leadership and seriousness.
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The oldest hatred returns
The shame of witnessing Jew-hatred on the streets of London.
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The Tyranny of History
In Israel and Palestine despair is all that is left.
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The Labour party is like France
It knows only anarchy or absolutism: Keir Starmer knows the latter is better.
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Labour head to Downing Street and the passing of Peak SNP
Labour's thumping victory in the Rutherglen by-election is a sign of things to come
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