And the successes he failed to communicate.
- Professor of Modern British History, Anglia Ruskin University
On the first anniversary of the 2024 election, a Labour historian puts Keir Starmer’s government in context.
Keir Starmer is not the first prime minister to run into difficulties – but only he can turn this ship around.
A majority of historians surveyed on Labour’s record in office believed it had a positive record on the economy.
Forming a pact with the Liberal Democrats would make electoral sense in England – but Keir Starmer does not see it as a risk worth taking.
What’s behind the appointments to Labour’s front bench?
Miler halted the terms ‘Renaissance Man’ and ‘polymath’ but was one of the most wide-ranging intellects of his era.
As well as founding England’s first million-selling newspaper, Lloyd shamelessly sold plagiarised versions of some of Charles Dickens’ best-loved novels.
If Labour was such a disaster during this decade, how come so many of its then policies are now maintstream thinking?
Few actors have combined real charm, self-deprecation and dash in the way Moore always did.
The party has quarelled before – but this is surely its darkest hour.
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