Get In is a succinct title for a story which combines single-minded pursuit of power with a host of football references (10 separate ones in the index alone plus many metaphors). From electoral wipeout in the Jeremy Corbyn-led rout of 2019 to a convincing mandate in 2024, it is also the story of creating a prime minister at speed from basic materials.
An earnest lawyer and ambitious public prosecutor, Sir Keir Starmer proved a lot of people wrong when he swept his party back to power after 14 years. As Gabriel Pogrund and Patrick Maguire, two of the most assiduous journalists chronicling Labour, tell the story, the laurels belong to Morgan McSweeney, now Starmer’s chief of staff. From 2017, he built the Labour Together movement into a formidable anti-Corbyn grouping and has been the supreme architect of the election victory and the Government’s direction since.
