Sir Keir Starmer is seeking to channel Tony Blair - but the Tories could exploit a vulnerability in his plan

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Sir Keir Starmer is seeking to channel Tony Blair - but the Tories could exploit a vulnerability in his plan
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The Labour Party leader once swerved questions about whether he was politically closer to Tony Blair or Jeremy Corbyn. Not anymore.

There's no more visual indication of this change than the barring of Jeremy Corbyn from standing as a Labour MP at the next election.

The justification for this by Starmer supporters is essentially that upsetting a few Corbynites is a price worth paying for power.

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