Keir Starmer Archives - Downtown in Business

EP.133 | Starmer’s Survival

16/02/2026

Keir Starmer survived what felt like a near-death experience for his premiership before hopping on a plane to Germany for the Munich Security Conference.

EP.131 | By-elections, China Trade Missions and the Epstein Files

02/02/2026

All the candidates have been selected for the Gorton and Denton by-election. In this episode of the Downtown Den Politics Podcast, Frank, Jim and Jo, preview what the final outcome of that particular contest may be.

EP.125 | Can Keir Hold On?

15/12/2025

With the Sunday papers predicting a return to Westminster for Andy Burnham, Shabana Mahmood doing the keynote interview at the annual Tony Blair Christmas gig, and Wes Streeting featuring as the main interview in the New Statesman’s final issue of the year, what can Keir Starmer do to stop the speculation about his leadership?

On We Go

27/11/2025

Jim says the Chancellor has succeeded in stabilising her political position and keeping the markets calm,but he feels the economic prospects remain grim

LIVING TO FIGHT ANOTHER DAY

09/10/2025

The Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition have come out of their respective party conferences looking stronger – but for how long?

EP.113 | Keir’s best ever performance?

02/10/2025

This week it was the Labour Party conference in Liverpool, and it was badged as the conference that was make or break for Keir Starmer.

EP.110 | Has the PM turned a crisis into an opportunity?

08/09/2025

Keir Starmers latest reset has not gone according to plan. But has the PM turned the crisis into an opportunity?

STARMER GAMBLES ON STRONGER NUMBER TEN TEAM – AND IT COULD BE HIS LAST THROW –OF THE DICE.

04/09/2025

Parliament returned after the summer recess, the PM reshuffled his team – and within 48 hours Labour was embroiled in another unfortunate controversy. Frank McKenna suggests that Keir Starmer may be under as much pressure to keep his job as Angela Rayner is to keep hers.