For better or worse, Keir Starmer wants to take Labour forward by rekindling the politics of the party’s not so distant past. The opposition leader has been the first of Tony Blair's predecessors to talk openly about his admiration for the achievements of ‘New Labour’ at the turn of the millennium, and his zeal for business-minded policymaking with left-leaning social goals has made comparisons between the two virtually unavoidable. Episode 17 of Jumping Off Points assesses whether Starmer i...
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For better or worse, Keir Starmer wants to take Labour forward by rekindling the politics of the party’s not so distant past. The opposition leader has been the first of Tony Blair's predecessors to talk openly about his admiration for the achievements of ‘New Labour’ at the turn of the millennium, and his zeal for business-minded policymaking with left-leaning social goals has made comparisons between the two virtually unavoidable. Episode 17 of Jumping Off Points assesses whether Starmer i...
On Friday 28 April, the Chairman of the BBC announced that he was resigning from the role after it was revealed that he had failed to declare his involvement in securing a loan of £800,000 for the prime minister at the time of his appointment, Boris Johnson. Episode 11 of Jumping Off Points examines the events that led to Richard Sharp’s resignation before opening up into a wider conversation about the BBC’s impartiality, its relationships with the British public and the Government, and the c...
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For better or worse, Keir Starmer wants to take Labour forward by rekindling the politics of the party’s not so distant past. The opposition leader has been the first of Tony Blair's predecessors to talk openly about his admiration for the achievements of ‘New Labour’ at the turn of the millennium, and his zeal for business-minded policymaking with left-leaning social goals has made comparisons between the two virtually unavoidable. Episode 17 of Jumping Off Points assesses whether Starmer i...
