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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
John Crace

Relax, Starmergeddon hasn’t happened. The grownups are in charge

Keir Starmer celebrates outside 10 Downing Street, London, with people clapping
Keir Starmer celebrates outside 10 Downing Street and Gareth Southgate had a plan all along. Photograph: Tejas Sandhu/Sopa/Rex/Shutterstock

Well, we’re all still here. According to most of the rightwing press, we were in for “Starmergeddon”. Plague, floods and earthquakes would only be the start. Famine would be along shortly thereafter.

But a week on from the Labour landslide and the country already feels in a better place. The grownups are back in charge. The rest of us can get on with our lives without having to keep one eye open for what the halfwits in Westminster might do next.

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