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After the election, Britain now has a parliament that better resembles the electorate
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Starmer’s case for electoral reform
A Commons elected by supplementary vote and a Lords by PR would help restore trust
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Never mind the football.. let’s celebrate the end of Brexit omerta
Labour’s first steps at moving closer to the EU are welcome, and vital to counter Nigel Farage
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Keir Starmer: the promise and the threat
The new prime minister entered Downing Street in the ‘sunlight of hope’. But the storm to come has only been postponed
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Rebuilding Britain, on the cheap
Here’s how Rachel Reeves can start setting the economy back on track without breaking the bank
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Letters: With Starmer, what you see is what you get
The new PM is not a showman or a kamikaze gambler, just straight down the line, with his own individual style of operation
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The rights and wrongs of my election predictions
Truss, turnout and Labour’s landslide were my hits - but Corbyn’s win was a huge shock
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PM Starmer must get serious about Europe
The Labour government must now repair the damage done by Britain’s greatest ever political blunder
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The landslide deniers
Some people on the far left don’t think Starmer 'really' won the election and are trying to explain away his victory
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Tackle migration or face yet more fragmentation
Starmer now has a fight on his hands to keep down a new crop of extreme right and left wing MPs
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The reality of Starmer’s victory sinks in
It’s a crushing landslide – but the Tories will have enough MPs to form a functioning opposition
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How we made the Portillo moment
Stephen Twigg’s campaign manager remembers how an unwinnable Tory seat held by their leader-in-waiting turned red on a night of drama in May 1997
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How Starmer ‘24 is like Wilson ‘64
Labour went into a general election confident of a convincing victory for a programme of change - but factors that may sound familiar intervened
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Your viewing guide to election night
What time is the exit poll? When will the key seats declare? How long will you have to stay up to see Sunak concede?
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The Sun humiliates itself by endorsing Labour
The paper hates Keir Starmer, but couldn’t bear not to back a winner
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Cruel Britannia
Government and culture do not mix.. just look what happened last time
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The world is poised on the edge
As populism tries to pull the EU apart and Donald Trump threatens Europe’s security, Keir Starmer will face the challenge of resetting the UK’s role in the continent and the wider world
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Labour are taking a leap into the unknown
There is a huge gulf between the shadow cabinet and the real thing. How will Starmer’s untested team cope with the brutal realities of power?
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What is the philosophy of Starmerism?
How can a new government make Britain better – and what does ‘better’ even mean nowadays?
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The hunt for Mrs Starmer
For good reason – and much to the frustration of the tabloids – the Labour leader’s wife has done a great job of avoiding the spotlight
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Letters: Is competence better than passion?
Will a Labour government prove quietly competent or will their lack of experience in power lead to trouble?
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A conspiracy of silence
A lacklustre campaign has been marked by an unwillingness to get real about Britain’s problems
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Can Starmer get it done?
Will Keir Starmer lead the shift from chaotic Conservative turmoil into a new era of stability, or will it be more of the same?
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Starmer’s Labour can win back the working class
Starmer looks poised for victory because those around him understand that Labour is the product of the working class
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Parliament has a chance to be relevant again
There must be something better than the juvenile name-calling that has come to characterise our way of government
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Eleven bold election predictions
The Tories under 100 seats, Truss and Corbyn to lose, up to 55 Lib Dem gains and more
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Lie of the Week: “Labour’s national ULEZ: coming to a road near you this July”
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Starmer’s Brexit timidity must stop in No. 10
Labour’s leader has wasted one opportunity to reopen and win the debate. He can’t squander another
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Labour will not get a quick fix on the EU
The party shows worrying signs of not fully understanding the limits of what might be available to a country outside the club
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Letters: Rejoining the EU is at least a decade away
Brexit is clearly the failure it was always going to be, but repairing the damage and avoiding the mistakes of the past is a long-term task
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Britain is playing economic catch-up
Why have we failed to invest anywhere near as much as our rivals – and what can we do to put things right?
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Starmer will take us from despair to.. where?
Keir Starmer is set for a landslide built on hatred of the Tories. Now he must soothe Britain’s rage – or become its next victim