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2026February › 11

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5 months ago

Keir Starmer signalled a lurch to a more socialist programme yesterday after a political near-death experience over the Mandelson scandal.
Economics, it has to be said, is rarely Labour's strong suit. The party's Manchester mayor, Andy Burnham, betrayed his ignorance of matters financial some weeks ago.
Business leaders sounded the alarm over a damaging anti-growth lurch to the Left as Sir Keir Starmer's rivals circled.
After his brush with political death in the wake of the Mandelson scandal, Prime Minister Keir Starmer boasted of his pride in leading 'the most working-class Cabinet in the history of this country'.

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