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What Labour should do now to clean up politics and restore public trust

Letters: Dr Arun Midha and Dr Peter Estcourt respond to articles by Martin Kettle and Polly Toynbee on the urgent challenge ahead for Keir Starmer’s new government

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Starmer wants us to believe we can trust politicians again. That’s huge – but he has to mean it

The Tories are in denial about the crisis in politics. Labour seems to get it, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

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Tories blame Sunak for this implosion, but they are fooling themselves. The rot goes back decades

Since Thatcher was deposed, there has been an absurd yearning to magic her back into existence. Their rightwing obsession stems from that, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

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The Tories are fixating on Reform. They should be focused on a far bigger threat

Ed Davey’s Lib Dems have fought a smart campaign – and it is they, not Nigel Farage, who have the pulse of middle England, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

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With this half-hearted, delusional manifesto, Rishi Sunak has all but given up

It would take a political genius to rescue the Tories now. Instead they have a leader more suited to churning out quarterly reports, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

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Don’t underestimate Starmer’s push for workers’ rights – it could be his defining legacy

For the first time in decades, and with public support, dignity and fairness in the workplace are back on the political agenda, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

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A humiliating election speech, with little to offer. Sunak’s USP was competence – what of that now?

The PM has gone for the bad choice because he knows things will get even worse, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

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Can Labour bring Britain the major reset we need?

Letters: Readers respond to an article by Martin Kettle on Britain’s democracy and governance

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Our democracy desperately needs a reset – and, behind the scenes, that’s the plan

This is a seismic moment as Westminster prepares for power to pass from one party to another, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

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If Keir Starmer isn’t careful, Gaza could do for him what the Iraq war did for Blair

Many Muslim voters turned against Labour in the local elections, and the continuing conflict only heightens the risk of alienating others, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

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The SNP failed as an activist party. If it becomes a competent governing force, it may have a chance

Whoever wins must stop acting like the leader of an independent nation that does not yet exist, and start leading the real Scotland, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

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The Lib Dems have lost their way – even some members admit it

Letters: Doubts about the role and direction of the Liberal Democrats are voiced by Michael Meadowcroft, Paul Lally, Gordon Vassell and Peter Loschi

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Frank Field saw benefit in the Lib Dems. In this election year, Labour would be wise to do the same

The late elder statesman understood the need for a progressive realignment of British politics. That prize shouldn’t be lost, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

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Starmer can’t dodge the Europe question for ever. In office, the economy will answer it for him

Closer alignment between a Labour government and the EU is a certainty. But the divisive binary choices of 2016 are ancient history, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

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This is the kind of Britain we must now strive to become

Letters: Readers agree with Martin Kettle that Britain needs realism, not an outdated notion of its own superiority

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Let’s stop talking about ‘great’ Britain – and rebrand ourselves as a different sort of country

Any plans for ‘national renewal’ must focus on freeing the UK from its vice of wallowing in guilt or glory, writes Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

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Sunak’s Conservatives face years of oblivion. Changing leader will solve nothing

Two historians argued in the 1990s that nine conditions defined the likelihood of Tory defeat. Almost all of them hold today, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

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A defeated Rishi Sunak should go, but my advice is: not too quickly

What our politics and government need is a restoration of continuity and stability – not a premature resignation, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

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This is the Tory party now: so devoid of values and leadership it can’t respond to blatantly racist remarks

Sunak should have immediately returned Frank Hester’s £10m. The PM’s speech about hate suddenly seems a long time ago, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

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Jeremy Hunt gave us a hit-and-run budget. But unlike cornered chancellors past, he showed no shame

The Tories can see the writing on the wall – so they are intent on wrecking things for an incoming Labour government, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

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A lesson and a wake-up call from Rochdale: Labour has become too complacent about its big poll lead

There is no disputing that this episode has been damaging. Hopefully it will prompt Keir Starmer into an overdue rethink, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

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In sickness or health, a new path will be needed for the British monarchy and the nation

Evolution, reform or abolition? Britons are divided: Against the backdrop of the King’s illness, Britons remain divided, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

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After a historic deal in Northern Ireland, what next? Old political battles on a reshaped field

Both the details and the repercussions of the new Northern Ireland plan will be aggressively contested, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

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The House of Lords is very flawed. But if it picks apart Sunak’s Rwanda bill, that’s its job and it deserves support

It’s hypocrisy for the PM to claim peers are frustrating ‘the will of the people’ after years of refusing to reform the upper chamber, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

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Valuable lessons from the first Labour governments

Letters: Dr Lynda Mountford, Kate Purcell, Carol Wilcox and Matthew Ryder on the legacy of Ramsay MacDonald

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