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Starmer’s opening moves as PM have been as unpopular as Thatcher’s were. Can he recover like she did?

In 1979, another incoming prime minister struggled to satisfy the public hunger for change, asks the Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

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Warning to Keir Starmer – you are a Labour prime minister, not a ‘red wall’ one. Remember that

This narrow demographic helped the PM into No 10. But overemphasis on socially conservative voters will lead to failure, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

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Is Keir Starmer’s plan to help workers the start of a new era – or no big deal?

Labour’s promises to ‘make work pay’ are short on detail, but delegates at the TUC conference were starting to believe, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

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Wednesday briefing: Reform did for the Tories. Could Labour face the same threat from the left?

In today’s newsletter: Jeremy Corbyn’s upstart faction aims to “provide hope in a parliament of despair”. Now there are questions over whether it could be the first step to a more formal challenge

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Is effective centre-left government possible? Starmer has yet to prove that – but prove it he must

The PM faces conflicting ideological demands. After the budget and Labour conference, we will see how adept he is at managing them, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

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Were UK protests against far right anti-thugs or anti-racist? The answer will tell us much about our nation

There is little doubt anti-racist activists led the pushback, but it is also important to know why so many others took a stand, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

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Starmer won by shifting to the right. But the Labour left doesn’t need to spend these years in the wilderness

The party increased its vote in seats with leftwing MPs. In this strange new world of British politics, there are reasons for hope, say Andy Beckett

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The Tories are terrified of a Labour ‘supermajority’ – but there are reasons for Labour supporters to be wary too

A landslide victory for Starmer could lead to hubris and division. For Conservatives, it’s an existential question, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

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What does Starmer’s ‘changed’ Labour party look like on the ground? In Brighton, I found out

A controversial deselection has rocked the local party, and campaigners are divided over the leadership, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

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Starmer has mastered the speeches about Tory ‘chaos’ and ‘decline’, but Britain needs hope – where is it?

The Labour leader needs to say what is wrong with the country, but people need to know how he will make things better, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

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Diane Abbott might now be allowed to stand as a Labour MP, but the damage is done – and it’s deep

Keir Starmer will need broad support to undertake a ‘decade of renewal’ in office. This sordid episode suggests he won’t have it, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

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The turbulent career of Diane Abbott: from first black female MP to shunned by Labour

Will she, won’t she? The Hackney MP is causing ruptures within the Labour party. Robbie Griffiths charts her remarkable — and often rocky — political career

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Labour needs dreamers and idealists like Jeremy Corbyn

Letters: We need a centrist, electable party, writes one Labour member, but a good result for its former leader as an independent in Islington North would be welcome. Plus letters from Libby Telling, Simon Short, Susan Merli and Graeme Smith

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It’s Corbyn’s last stand. But can he beat Labour’s Starmerite machine?

By running as an independent, the Islington North MP will give constituents a chance to rebel against the Westminster consensus, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

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How a Labour MP became a rightwing figurehead – and enabled the clampdown on protest

The transformation of John Woodcock exposes the authoritarian potential that can lurk in Britain’s centre left, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

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The Searchers by Andy Beckett review – the legacy of the radical left

What do the careers of Diane Abbott, Tony Benn, Jeremy Corbyn, Ken Livingstone and John McDonnell tell us about political success?

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Voter ID has a role to play in free and fair elections

Letters: The requirement to present photo ID at polling stations reinforces confidence in our elections, says Robert Frazer, but Maureen McLaughlin worries about those left without a vote. Plus letters from Nigel Evans and Peter Bottomley

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The Searchers by Andy Beckett review – the leftists who took their lead from Tony Benn

An absorbing study of the radical left makes a convincing case for their cultural victories but romanticises the Jeremy Corbyn years

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After this week’s squalid experiment, see voter ID for what it is: a Tory scam to steal elections

This exercise in shrinking the electorate to Conservative advantage must not be the new normal, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

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The cost of living crisis has made the UK a poorer, more anxious nation – and worse is yet to come

Instead of buy-one-get-one-free offers, everyday life now involves carefully comparing prices and feeling increasingly powerless, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

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Thatcher’s enduring legacy and most heinous sin

Letters: David Redshaw is staggered by Keir Starmer’s admiration for her, Brian Hughes says her government created the illusion of an economic miracle, while Charles EL Gilman disputes her total hostility to the EU

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Margaret Thatcher set Britain’s decline in motion – so why can’t politics exorcise her ghost?

MPs on all sides pay homage, while her failures are forgotten, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

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There’s little choice for a disconnected electorate

Letters: Dr Fiona McMillan thinks there is no difference between the Tories and Labour on important social issues, while Chris Ottewell believes political leaders simply try to cynically reflect what they think the public wants

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Britain is usually excited when it boots out a tired old government. Not this time

There is a disconnect between the UK’s main two political parties and their supporters – and its origins go back much further than the past few years, says Andy Beckett

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The left is smeared as the angry mob again and again. In reality, it is the target of political violence

These threats don’t just seek to intimidate leftwing politicians, it makes them seem a risk to voters, too, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

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