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Keir Starmer: ‘lucky general’ or hard-nosed political operator?

11 mins | May 31, 2024
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The UK's possible future Prime Minister has engineered one of the most remarkable transformations to a political party in recent history, but he has yet to capture the public imagination. Jim Pickard reflects on how Keir Starmer's shift to centrist policies, internal party control, and a focus on fiscal discipline has led to a significant lead in the polls ahead of the U.K. general election. Read by Simon Mattacks.

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