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A Problem of Communication: Keir Starmer’s Labour Leadership

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AuthorAndrew Roe-Crines
Published date01 December 2021
Date01 December 2021
DOIhttp://doi.org/10.1177/20419058211066518
22 POLITICAL INSIGHT • DECEMBER 2021
In the autumn of 2021, the BBC
broadcast
Blair & Brown: the New Labour
Revolution
. The ve-part series was
well-received on British political Twitter,
and especially by many former new Labour
stalwarts. And with good reason: the show
leaned into one of the Labour Party’s greatest
pastimes – focusing on the past as a way
A Problem of
Communication:
Keir Starmer’s
Labour Leadership
Keir Starmer was hailed as the leader who could bring Labour back to
power. But with his polls – and his party’s – f‌latlining, Andrew Roe-Crines
asks what Sir Keir needs to do turn Labour’s fortunes around.
of reminding itself of old victories. This isn’t
necessarily a negative trait. Looking back
at the past can help to showcase Labour
values and remind the party and the wider
electorate that the moral egalitarian mission
that underscores the Labour Party remains a
long-standing campaign. This romanticism,
however, belies some of the realities Labour
faces, in particular the party leadership.
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