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Starmer and the paradox of British politics

Staying silent on Labour’s policy agenda may win votes. But the bill will come, and the bigger the winning margin the tougher it will be for the next government.

Britain's Labour leader Keir Starmer has the lowest personal popularity ratings ever recorded for someone whose party is so far ahead in opinion polls.

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Jonathan Eyal

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LONDON - Britain is on the cusp of a political revolution.

If opinion polls are to be believed, the

general election taking place in Britain on July 4

will not only result in the first change of a governing party since 2010; it will also deliver the biggest majority for the centre-left Labour Party since the movement was founded more than a century ago, as well as the biggest defeat for the ruling Conservatives since they were founded more than two centuries ago.

Starmer and the paradox of British politics

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