Words: Sally Churchward. Pictures: Chris Moorhouse. Jennie Formby is far from the first person to leave the Labour Party in favour of the Greens in recent years. But she’s probably the only one whose defection has made national headlines. It’s six years since her time as General Secretary of...
Articles with the Tag Keir Starmer
Reader’s letter: Starmer’s speech – a missed opportunity to address the nation
By Charlotte Ndupuechi. Keir Starmer’s resignation speech left me disappointed, not because he chose to step down—we all knew that was only a matter of time—but because he seemed unwilling to acknowledge how he arrived at this point. During his leadership campaign, Starmer pledged to abolish tuition fees, supported...
Heritage: Kier – what’s in a name?
By Martin Brisland. What’s in a name? Sir Keir Starmer (61) became Prime Minister last week, on Thursday 5 July 2024, after a landslide victory for the Labour Party in the General Election. His parents were Labour supporters and are said to have named him after Keir Hardie (1856...