Keir starmer

"But I think pretending to the British public that somehow after four years' negotiation the treaty that has just been secured is going to be up for the grabs and that the EU are going to start saying 'let's start all over again', that is not realistic." … [Read more...] about Keir Starmer says ‘no case’ for rejoining EU and defends vote ‘against no deal Brexit’

Mr Starmer has harvested dividends from the coronavirus crisis. A dithery prime minister and a notably weak cabinet have made the Tories look incompetent. The Labour leader has drawn on his talents as a prosecutor to interrogate the government’s many blunders. He has also been afforded opportunities to demonstrate that his own judgment can be acute. On several occasions during the crisis, the best way to guess which decision Boris Johnson would be forced to make has been to pick the policy that he ridiculed when the Labour leader first advocated it. While the prime minister has squandered the boost he received to his personal ratings during the early “rally around the flag” phase of the crisis, the voters have reacted positively to Mr Starmer. He is now the most popular opposition leader since Tony Blair was making his march on Number 10 in the 1990s. … [Read more...] about Why senior Labour figures think their party needs to start upping its game

Some 66% say old lightbulbs should be banned. More than two-thirds of voters want to keep EU rules that limit the cost of calls made abroad. Almost nine in 10 say that the UK should not allow hormone-treated beef to be sold and three-quarters say the same about chlorinated chicken. Some 65% think the public should regularly pay farmers. The UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Future of Britain project, led by Professor John Curtice, has found that the more the public debates these regulatory questions, the greater the opposition to deregulation becomes. … [Read more...] about The government will find taking back control brings its own headaches