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From Harold Wilson to Liz Truss – what the fates of former prime ministers can teach Keir Starmer

Despite his name – honouring Keir Hardie, the first leader of the Labour party – Keir Starmer is not known to be a student of political history. This apparent incuriosity helps define an indistinct political identity.

The Conversation

The three ways Starmer could be ousted as PM after Streeting coup rumours

There are several ways that a sitting prime minister can be removed

The Independent UK

Sir Robert Worcester obituary

Founder of the market research company Mori whose snappy analysis made him the go-to pollster for the British media

The Guardian - UK

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‘Just hysteria’: UK faces a crisis but the IMF bailout talk is overblown

Despite sluggish growth and rising borrowing costs, most economists agree that Rachel Reeves doesn’t face a repeat of 1976

The Guardian - UK

Lord Lipsey obituary

Journalist and special adviser to Labour ministers who was trusted by the civil service and the media and ennobled by Tony Blair

The Guardian - UK

Analysis: The evidence behind claims that Red Bull's in a 'crisis'

“Crisis? What Crisis?” A three-word headline on the cover of The Sun newspaper in 1979 that helped bring down the British government.

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If Rachel Reeves were serious about growth, she would look to the EU

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: There is one shortcut to prosperity: reverse some of the damage of Brexit

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In Pictures: Jimmy Carter continued campaigning long after leaving power

The former US president was an elder statesman on the world stage long after handing over to Ronald Reagan.

Evening Standard

Alec Douglas-Home v Harold Wilson: the 1964 general election

Successful candidates were advised to curb weird enthusiasms, not kiss babies and ask their wives to tone down their hats

The Guardian - UK

How the ‘Prescott Punch’ came to define him as Labour’s firebrand – and a total necessity for Blair

Obituary: The charismatic former deputy prime minister, who has died at the age of 86, was known best for punching a member of the electorate and acting as a vital bridge for Tony Blair to reach the unions

The Independent UK

Peter Jay obituary

Economic journalist and broadcaster labelled ‘the cleverest young man in England’

The Guardian - UK

Peter Jay, journalist and diplomat, dies aged 87

Tributes paid to one of the UK’s foremost economics commentators who was also ambassador to Washington

The Guardian - UK

Jim Callaghan’s tight fist was his undoing – as it could be for Rachel Reeves

There are many parallels between the situation facing Labour’s 1960s chancellor and today’s. But will Reeves grasp the higher borrowing nettle?

The Guardian - UK

Are Starmer and Labour really in hock to ‘union paymasters’?

PM faces pitfalls navigating what are crucial relationships but claims by jilted Tories don’t ring true, say experts

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Sunak faces long goodbye as he fills in during Tory leadership contest

It’s likely to be a gruelling few months for former PM but his party hopes it buys them time to find a future winner

The Guardian - UK

A respectful question for Labour: do you have any real change?

The new government has promised things will be different: but when it comes to spending, we seem stuck on old Tory policies

The Guardian - UK

A defeated Rishi Sunak should go, but my advice is: not too quickly

What our politics and government need is a restoration of continuity and stability – not a premature resignation, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

Evening Standard

OPINION - Rachel Reeves pitches herself as Labour's Margaret Thatcher (annoying just about everyone)

Few suspected at the time that the 1979 election was also a 1979 moment. Sure, the gravediggers were on strike and James Callaghan spoke of a "sea-change in politics" about which there was little anyone could do. But the Conservative manifesto of that year was far from unadulterated Thatcherism. Not…

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May general election? The economic case for going early (and clinging on)

Falling inflation and tax cuts in a February budget would signal a spring poll but weak growth and rising mortgage bills bode caution

The National (Scotland)

Remembering Margaret Thatcher's disastrous legacy

On May 4, 1979, Margaret Thatcher became the first female prime minister of the UK.

The Guardian - UK

Sunak’s shambolic government is achieving nothing. Must Britain really wait 15 months to throw it out?

Peter Bone’s suspension is likely to mean another lost Tory seat and a delay to the election we need sooner rather than later, writes Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Guardian - UK

The event that will decide the next election has already happened – even if Rishi Sunak doesn’t know it yet

With inflation and mortgage rates painfully high, the government can no longer rely on votes from its blue wall, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

The Guardian - UK

Urge to soothe markets may blunt Labour’s edge on Tories

Scaling back of green prosperity plan reflects a possibly costly desire to project fiscal stability

The Guardian - UK

Lord Morris of Aberavon obituary

Veteran Welsh Labour MP who served for more than 40 years and became attorney general in the late 1990s

The Guardian - UK

‘We needed a massive amount of resilience’: the female Labour MPs from the class of ’87

At the general election that year, the number of women in the Commons jumped to (an albeit still tiny) 41. Some talk about the sexism – and the solidarity

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