To critics on the left and right, the Labour Party’s leader is an empty vessel, an opportunist who cycles through slogans and policies. But that critique is out of date
he has a fair chance of becoming Britain’s next prime minister, Sir Keir Starmer remains curiously undefined. The Labour Party enjoys a 15-percentage-point lead over the Tories, according to
There are two distinguishing elements. The first is an administrative critique: more than being too large or too small, the British state is simply ineffective. The answer is to align all government activity around five “missions”, to be pursued over two terms of a Labour government. “Starmerism is as much about the ‘how’ as the ‘what’,” says Sir Keir.
Colleagues say he regards cultural change as more important than reorganisations, and rarely has a preconceived idea of reform. “He’s not iconoclastic; he doesn’t go around saying I’m going to smash things up,” says one colleague. Others describe a “Merkel-like” tendency to hold back from decisions until the case for a certain course is overwhelming, before implementing it aggressively. “There is very little banter or chit-chat.
The centrepiece of Labour’s economic agenda is a “green” industrial strategy, comprising £28bn per year in capital expenditure and the creation of a state-owned energy operator. It is inspired by America’s Inflation Reduction Act, which includes a vast package of green subsidies.
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