Recalling a favourite Starmer anecdote. Seems possible between the speeches and the inevitable post at a law firm that Starmer ends up towards the top end of former PM earnings...
Going to be interesting to see whether Burnham has set back UK-EU reintegration a few weeks or years. Take Burnham’s Makerfield line at face value and quite possible Starmer’s package becomes like Cameron’s and May’s - another deal that wasn’t…
It is characteristic of Starmer's premiership that at no point has he made the case why he must be PM and Burnham must not, other than "it's my mandate." And still his heart isn't in this.
Ari Aster’s Midsommar, in which Florence Pugh plays a 2024 intake looking forward to making a difference to her community
Ashton Town FC is very Starmeresque location for a victory rally
Europe has advanced only when it was synonymous with the future. If Rejoin isn’t to fail, its adherents should talk less about the defeat of 2016 and more about the EU of 2046. Bagehot this week.
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Europe has advanced only when it was synonymous with the future. If Rejoin isn’t to fail, its adherents should talk less about the defeat of 2016 and more about the EU of 2046. Bagehot this week.
economist.com/britain/2026...
I’m delighted that Alex Turner will succeed me as defence editor of The @economist.com. Alex, who is currently an army officer, is highly experienced, an accomplished military historian and an excellent writer. He will be a fantastic journalist.
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That Brexit is a growth-sapping error hardly guarantees its reversal: from housing policy to taxation, Britons are adept at living with expensive mistakes
