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Working together, Labour and the Lib Dems could exile the Tories for a generation

Starmer and Davey need to seize the moment. They have enough common ground to ally against their common enemy, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

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Both the Tories and the SNP suffered catastrophic defeats – but only one of them is facing up to that

The Conservatives kid themselves that a new leader is all they need, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

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A warning from the No 10 garden and an EU olive branch. We are finally seeing Starmerism in action

The PM’s aims are ambitious, social democratic and long-term. But he will need continual public assent, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

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Workers v bosses: the right is obsessed with zero-sum rows over trade union power. Starmer is right to ignore them

Is economic partnership rather than conflict even possible? Keir Starmer’s government is daring to address the question directly, writes the Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

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In cancelling his family summer holiday, Keir Starmer has made his first serious mistake

The days when Harold Macmillan could disappear to the grouse moors for the summer are gone – but even prime ministers need a break, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

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If these riots came as a surprise, you’ve not been paying attention

Letters: There has not been enough pushback against rightwing racist campaigns over many years to demonise refugees and Muslims, writes Jonathan Callan. Plus letters from Dr Keith Flett, Elspeth Cardy and Caroline Stewart

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Starmer is being tough on the rioters, but history shows that preventing further unrest is the real challenge

Reducing public anxieties about immigration is the best way to combat those fuelling such fears for their own ends, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

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Labour is still in its ‘phoney’ period. Far tougher tests await in autumn

When the honeymoon ends, Keir Starmer’s team will be judged on pressure points from the economy to North Sea oil drilling, writes Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

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It might be hard to take the future of the Conservative party seriously right now – but we must

The UK needs a robust, competent centre-right party to stave off the threat of the populist right, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

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With this king’s speech, Starmer has staked everything on the long game. But politics has a habit of moving fast

The NHS, child poverty, defence: Labour is selling itself on its ability to get some big things done, says Guardian associate editor Martin Kettle

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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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