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Like Clement Attlee, Keir Starmer must rise to the occasion

Letters: Readers respond to Martin Kettle’s piece contrasting the premierships of Labour leaders past and present

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Critics say Starmer is no Attlee – and they’re right. Labour must look to the future, not the past

All Labour leaders live in the shadow of his postwar triumphs. But he wasn’t perfect – and didn’t face the challenges of today, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

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With Cleverly centre stage, the Tories have a new look – but that isn’t the same as a plan

Does Kemi Badenoch’s reshuffle mean the Reform-lite strategy is over? I don’t know and I’m not sure she does either, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

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For all the errors and crises, the blight on Starmer’s first year is still the lack of vision

Prime ministers have recovered from bad starts. But unless Starmer can articulate an idea of the Britain he wants, the public – and his party – may desert him, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

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Without dignity, leaders fell at Trump’s feet in The Hague – and for what? All Nato’s key problems remain

The relationship with him is still volatile, the Ukraine strategy still unclear and Europe needs to ensure its collective defence, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

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Easy regime change in Tehran is a nice idea. But look to history: it’s a near-impossible one

No one doubts the malignity of the Iranian government, but if we forget the tragedies of interventions past, we’ll make the same mistakes, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

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Rachel Reeves seized her moment – whatever the future brings, Labour’s economic course is now set

The chancellor is no mere technocrat: her spending review revealed a visceral commitment to social and economic mobility, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

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Why is defence such a hard sell? The same reason Starmer is struggling in the polls

Decades of failures have left liberal democratic governments unable to command public confidence when it really matters, writes Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

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How the use of a word in the Guardian has gotten some readers upset

‘Got’ was changed during the editing of an opinion piece, leading to correspondence lamenting a slide into American English. But language isn’t a fortress, says the Guardian’s global readers’ editor Elisabeth Ribbans

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In Canada, Charles pushed the boundaries of politics as king. So far, he has got away with it

Right now, the monarch’s political leanings appear in sympathy with the mood of Britain. But what if the public moves further to the right, asks Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

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The UK risks falling apart. Keir Starmer can mend it now – but he doesn’t have much time

The PM has little choice. Unless he brings the fractured nations together, none can move forward, and neither can he, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Guardian - UK

Can we stop pretending a trade deal with Trump will be a gamechanger for the UK. It won’t

I’m not saying Britain should refuse every sort of free trade agreement with the US, but there may be options that better suit Labour’s purpose, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

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There are opportunities for Keir Starmer in Trump’s trade chaos. Here’s how he can seize them

From fiscal rules to universities, doors have opened that were shut three months ago. Our future depends on which he chooses, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

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Perilous and chaotic, Trump’s ‘liberation day’ endangers the world’s broken economy – and him

While the president has identified the need to do things differently, his strategy risks a slump, hitting the very Americans he claims to champion, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

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Europe doesn’t need Trump to form a western alliance – and one is already taking shape

Britain, France and Germany are closing ranks to bolster Nato as the unreliable US president marches to his own drum, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

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Though Starmer’s project is fragile, he’s taking one giant leap: to reconfigure the British state

Headlines about Whitehall cuts obscure the real intent. The PM wants effective, dynamic administration that voters will believe in, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

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Starmer is at his best right now – but he must accept there is no going back with Trump’s US

The president has just four years until a successor takes the reins, but the new approach he has forged – exceptionalist, isolationist – is likely to endure, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

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Trump might not know it, but he’s forging a new relationship between Britain and the EU

Support for Ukraine means that closer ties to Europe are now a patriotic priority, opening up avenues that Brexit had once blocked, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

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Hold your breath and look to Germany: its election could decide the fate of Europe – and the UK

If the country holds out against the Trump-assisted AfD, it shows rightwing populism can be resisted in Europe’s heartland, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

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Trump’s Gaza plan has staggered the world. Did he mean it? For now, that doesn’t matter

The president’s appalling threat to seize Gaza and drive out its people imperils global stability, even if he never deploys a single US soldier, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

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After Southport, Westminster is floundering. It should look to Idris Elba

The Home Office has some good ideas, but a documentary on knife crime by the actor offers the template for a new approach, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

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It’s the reign of King Donald: now a people who fled cruel monarchs have their own

George Washington would have recognised the new system at the White House, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

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Keir Starmer’s handling of the Tulip Siddiq affair forms part of a worrying pattern

A blind spot on standards has marked the new government’s early days – but it’s not too late for Labour to restore trust in politics, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

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Elon Musk is a monster bully on the loose, but he can only get his way if we let him

The democratic order has faced down tyrants and megalomaniacs before. The name of the game for liberals for 2025 and beyond must be survival, writes Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

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Millions of Britons want a fresh start and a new life. But they will find it at home, not in Australia

We must turn our backs on this imperial fantasy of neo-Britains with better climates – and find our clean slates here in the UK, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

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