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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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William Keegan

Starmer’s Labour are not the Tories. But they are timid

Composite photo of Keir Starmer and Harold Wilson
Starmer, left, risks repeating the mistake of Harold Wilson in 1964 – of trying to make an unworkable policy work. Composite: Guardian/Getty

Recently I was gently taken to task by a Labour supporter for supposedly spending too much time attacking Keir Starmer’s weak position on Brexit. Surely I should be more positive about Labour?

Well, I have alluded to my justification before, and will do so again today. I remember all too vividly how Harold Wilson’s government of 1964-70 was severely limited in the fulfilment of its ambitions by a strategic mistake made as soon as Wilson took office.

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