Sir Keir Starmer’s leadership is in disarray. More than 100 Labour MPs have called for him to step aside after the party suffered a humiliating drubbing at local and devolved elections. The Economist’s deputy editor, Edward Carr, and a panel of top editors unpack what went wrong for the man who walked into Downing Street with the second-largest mandate in Britain’s post-war history.
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00:00 - Sir Keir Starmer’s lack of vision
01:20 - His relationship with his cabinet
02:04 - Why his policies are “all pain, no gain”
03:20 - Is Sir Keir “too normal” to be prime minister?
04:04 - Why incremental policy changes aren’t enough for voters
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