Starmer’s denial in Labour leadership will not save him but he’ll go down fighting

Keir Starmer is a decent man but that is not enough for a party that wants a good communicator. Step forward Andy … On days like these you can’t help feeling you’re living in a parallel universe. Either I’m going mad or Keir Starmer is. The third possibility that we’re both going mad is too disturbing to contemplate. What to make of the prime minister’s Sky News interview at the G7 in Évian in which Starmer graciously offered Andy Burnham a “big role in government” if, as expected, he wins the Makerfield byelection on Thursday? Continue reading...

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