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As I Please: Labour’s Losing Road

By: Chris McLaughlin

When it comes to the issues impacting working people, Keir Starmer’s voice isn’t ‘failing to cut through’ — it’s absent entirely.

Keir Starmer delivers his keynote speech to Labour Conference for the first time as party leader on 29 September 2021. (Dan Kitwood / Getty Images)

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Has Keir Starmer given up on winning the election for Labour? It’s not an entirely facetious question. It is, as he has said from the start of his leadership, going to be a hard hill to climb. Perhaps he’s reconciled to the thought that it might be too hard. In those private enclaves with Peter […]

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Has Keir Starmer given up on winning the election for Labour? It’s not an entirely facetious question. It is, as he has said from the start of his leadership, going to be a hard hill to climb. Perhaps he’s reconciled to the thought that it might be too hard. In those private enclaves with Peter […]

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Has Keir Starmer given up on winning the election for Labour? It’s not an entirely facetious question. It is, as he has said from the start of his leadership, going to be a hard hill to climb. Perhaps he’s reconciled to the thought that it might be too hard. In those private enclaves with Peter […]

Has Keir Starmer given up on winning the election for Labour? It’s not an entirely facetious question. It is, as he has said from the start of his leadership, going to be a hard hill to climb. Perhaps he’s reconciled to the thought that it might be too hard. In those private enclaves with Peter […]

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