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Why Britain has turned on its cautious prime minister

Keir Starmer's huge Commons majority always concealed a political weakness: Britain voted more against Conservative chaos than for Labour's cautious leader. Now, with crises mounting and patience fading, Edmund Heaphy examines how the limits of technocratic politics are beginning

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Why Britain has turned on its cautious prime ministerKeir Starmer's huge Commons majority always concealed a political weakness: Britain voted more against Conservative chaos than for Labour's cautious leader. Now, with crises mounting and patience fading, Edmund Heaphy examines how the limits of technocratic politics are beginning
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