Has Rishi lost his marbles?
Playing ‘Culture Wars’ can backfire spectacularly if you’re not careful – has Rishi Sunak discovered to his cost this week. A Greek tragedy for the PM, as he finally lost his Marbles!
Keir Starmer
The Downtown Den Politics Podcast | 20th November 2023
This week Frank and Jim discuss the explosive resignation letter from Suella Braverman, the internal warfare of the Conservative party, Keir Starmer’s Middle East crisis and look ahead to the Chancellor’s upcoming budget.
Labour is Keir’s party now
Frank McKenna reflects on this week’s Labour Party conference in Liverpool.
Keir bulldozing Tamworth and Mid Beds!
The voters verdict on the party conference season will come in next week’s two by elections. Jim looks back on the Liverpool gathering and asks if Sir Keir Starmer has taken a gamble on housing.
Starmer for PM – What could possibly go wrong?
Keir Starmer looks set to win the next General Election. What could possibly go wrong?
Starmer on course to win for Labour?
Frank McKenna looks ahead to the Labour Party conference that takes place in Liverpool next week – and suggests that Keir Starmer has a long way to go if he is to become PM, despite the seismic challenges the country and the government is facing.
Downtown’s Day with Sir Keir Starmer MP
Downtown in Business hosted a number of events during the Labour Party Leader’s visit to Liverpool in which he gave a key speech on business and the economy.
DIB welcomed Sir Keir Starmer to Liverpool as he pledged ‘Growth, Growth, Growth’
Downtown in Business hosted a number of events during the Labour Party Leader’s visit to Liverpool in which he gave a key speech on business and the economy.
Starmer: Power of the Picket Line. Labour’s Dilemma.
Jim reports on Sir Keir Starmer’s day with Downtown members in Liverpool. The Labour leader made key announcements about the party’s pivot towards business and the economy which is causing unease on the left.
Labour gets serious about Opposition
In his latest blog, Frank Mckenna suggests that Keir Starmer has given Labour a fighting chance of offering a serious challenge to the government in the coming months with his latest shadow cabinet reshuffle.
Left on way back, but not in UK
Jim reports from the Labour conference in Brighton and reflects that whilst the Left have triumphed in America and Germany, Labour’s revival in Britain is still not certain.
A master of all he surveys
Keir Starmer’s relative success at his Labour conference this week is good news for Boris Johnson. Frank McKenna explains why.