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January 2021

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Click here for Keir Starmer and vision

Click here for wokeness

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Click here for constitutional reform

 

February 2021

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March 2021

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Click here for reshuffle rumours

 

April 2021

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Click here and here for Keir Starmer’s first year

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Click here for Keir Starmer as PM

Click here for inequality

Click here for a year of Keir [Podcast]

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Click here for Hartlepool byelection

Click here for Labour MPs losing faith in Keir Starmer

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Click here for “Labour will need to do more than shout “Tory sleaze”

Click here for Cash for Curtains [podcast]

 

May 2021

Click here for The Problems of Starmerism [ Phil Burton -Cartledge: The Political Quarterly May 2021] Highly recommended

Click here for Tory poll lead slashed

Click here for Dudley and Red Wall

Click here for predicted defeat for Labour in Hartlepool

Click here for local elections and demographic trends

Click here for analysis of Labour’s electoral strategy

Click here for Can Labour reconnect?

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Click here for Labour and avoiding oblivion

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Click here for electoral reform

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Click here for Cummings and Tory poll lead

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June 2021 

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Click here for Andrew Rawnsley on Keir Starmer

Click here for falling Muslim support for Labour

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July 2021

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Click here for Starmer on N. Ireland

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Click here for Keir Starmer and a[[ointment of Blair adviser as Chief of Staff

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August 2021

Click here Labour losing touch with target voters

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Click here for expulsion of Ken Loach rom Labour Party

Click here for Starmer critique of Johnson over Afghanistan

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Click here for possible reinstatement of Jeremy Corbyn

Click here for Keir Starmer: My no 1 priority is winning elections

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September 2021

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Click here for Green Deal

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Click here and here for John McDonnell

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October 2021

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Click here for critical assessment of Keir Starmer

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Click here for Keir Starmer COVID -positive

November 2021

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Click here for Keir Starmer and legal work

Click here for Keir Starmer and second job

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Click here and here and here and here and here and here and here and here for Labour Reshuffle

 

December 2021

Click here for fears of leadership challenge

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Click here for Yvette Cooper

Click here for Starmer, Wilson and Blair [Andrew Rawnsley]

Click here for Tories in Turmoil: Can Labour capitalise? [Podcast]

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