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Singer Låpsley backs Labour using song ‘Better Times’ during election campaign: ‘Things couldn’t get worse’

Song shares similiarities with D:Ream’s ‘Things Can Only Get Better’, which soundtracked Tony Blair’s 1997 victory

The Independent UK

OPINION - Tom Newton Dunn: This election, Whitby Woman’s choice can change the rest of Britain

You remember Mondeo Man? The typical voter that Sir Tony Blair was keenest to target in 1997. In later elections there was Essex Man, Worcester Woman, Waitrose Woman and finally Workington Man in 2019, who Boris Johnson won over so successfully across the Red Wall.

Evening Standard

Power-drunk and arrogant: if this is how Starmer’s Labour treats its MPs, what will his party be like in power?

Labour’s purge of Faiza Shaheen and Diane Abbott increases my fear about how it will behave in office, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

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Alastair Campbell is my hero, says Scottish Labour MP hopeful

A SCOTTISH Labour MP hopeful has been slammed after describing the Iraq War spin doctor Alastair Campbell as his “hero”.

The National (Scotland)

What role England’s mayors have to play in the general election

One of the least spoken about shifts in English politics over the last decade is the move towards mayors. Starting with the establishment of the Mayor of London by Tony Blair in 2000, successive Conservative governments have created 11 mayoral combined authorities, each with its own directly elected mayor, since…

The Conversation

Wes Streeting slated for latest bid to increase privatisation in NHS

THE shadow health secretary has promised Labour will go “further” than Tony Blair in making use of the private sector to ease NHS pressures.

The National (Scotland)

Is Labour ready for government? Understanding Keir Starmer’s narrative of renewal

Is Labour ready for government? This question is being asked regularly of the public by pollsters YouGov, especially as the UK approaches the general election on July 4. For many, the answer is a measure of the extent to which Keir Starmer has changed the party since he became leader.

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Harriet Harman: ‘Sunak thinks the economy is going to get worse. Otherwise he would wait’

The Labour veteran entered the commons as one of only 21 women, then spent years fighting for a seat at the table. She discusses sexism, backlash and power as she prepares to leave parliament

The Guardian - UK

Reassuring, serious, a sense of duty: who is Keir Starmer really?

The author of an acclaimed new biography of the Labour leader, reveals what has driven him to change his party – and why he now wants to do the same for the country

The Guardian - UK

The play which brings Nan Shephard's The Living Mountain to life

THE Scottish philosopher who inspired Tony Blair may also be the reason Nan Shepherd tried to find solace in the Cairngorms.

The National (Scotland)

From first impressions to tactical voting: how the UK election will be won or lost

Barring miracles or disasters on the campaign trail, a change of government appears to be just weeks away

The Guardian - UK

Rishi’s own goal: six classic football gaffes by prime ministers – and what they reveal

This week, Rishi Sunak put his foot in it while talking to fans in Wales. He certainly isn’t the first PM to make a mistake when talking about the beautiful game ...

The Guardian - UK

Memo to Keir Starmer: say change, change, change all you want, but soon our problems will be yours to fix

Labour’s pitch is basically ‘elect us, we’re not Tory’, but people will quickly demand real improvements, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

John Curtice warns Sunak that Tory election victory would ‘biggest turnaround in history’

Leading pollsters believe that Sunak’s monumental task of winning the general election would defy history

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Labour leader Keir Starmer is often called dull. But he might be Britain's next prime minister

Critics say British Labour Party leader Keir Starmer is dutiful, managerial and a bit dull

Evening Standard

Businesses are ready to back Starmer. Will he give them a week-one reward?

City Comment: The absence of the “Corbyn factor” makes this a hugely different election to 2019

The Independent UK

Things Can Only Get Better: The story behind D:Ream’s song that drowned out Sunak’s election speech

Labour famously used the song for Tony Blair victorious general election campaign in 1997

The Guardian - UK

Things can only get wetter: D:Ream song drowns out Sunak’s damp election announcement

PM makes announcement to sound of song synonymous with Labour’s 1997 election landslide

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Trailing Tories decide this is as good as their prospects will get

Fall in inflation hasn’t eased mistrust over economy, while Starmer leads polling on who will make better PM

The Independent UK

‘Things Can Only Get Better’: Rishi Sunak’s election announcement drowned out by Blair’s 1997 theme tune

The prime minister’s attempt to announce a general election for July 4 was disrupted by a protester blaring the song through a loudspeaker

The Guardian - UK

Lord Rosser obituary

General secretary of the TSSA rail union and supporter of Tony Blair who chaired the party conference after Labour’s 1997 victory

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer expected to make it to No 10 despite his low personal popularity

The Labour leader has mirrored Blair’s highly cautious ‘Ming vase’ approach, and it has paid off so far

The Guardian - UK

‘I perpetually think we’ll win. We always lose’: Labour’s Jon Cruddas on elections, class and life as an MP

The member for Dagenham and Rainham says he can’t wait to leave parliament. So why did he spend the past 23 years there? And what does he think he achieved?

The Guardian - UK

Starmer thought he’d found the nation’s pulse in Essex. Here’s what ‘Essex man’ made of him

In thrall to a character who may not truly exist any more, the Labour leader kicked off his election campaign in Purfleet, says author Tim Burrows

The Guardian - UK

Beware the Biden factor, Keir Starmer: you can govern well and still risk losing the country

Politics is about achieving things and telling a compelling story. But neither the president – nor Starmer – can match Trump’s gift for narrative, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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