Prime ministers always end up caring about their legacy, in the end. It’s usually in the final months, weeks, or even days of a premiership that they make a push to leave a good lasting impression with big, bombshell announcements or career-defining legislation. There’s a whole term for this mode of operation: ‘legacy mode’.
Helen MacNamara, former deputy cabinet secretary and co-host of In The Room, can think of plenty of things that Keir Starmer would like to be remembered for. The most recent and obvious is the announcement of a social media ban for under-16s, which has been celebrated and criticised in equal measure.
