UK politics – ‘an unmitigated bin fire’

Keir Starmer is not a born politician or a natural leader, so his predecessor offers an encouraging precedent.

Sir Keir Starmer.
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Clement Attlee’s victory over Winston Churchill in the general election of 1945 was one of the great shocks in Britain’s political history. The key lesson for the coming poll in the UK is that the result will all come down to who the voters will feel they can trust.

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