Alex Dean

4 weeks ago | the-tls.co.uk | Sam Freedman |Michael Taube |Alex Dean |Richard Toye

Until recently, the prime minister was the most important person in British politics. But when the New Statesman published its annual list of the most powerful people on the left in June last year, with Keir Starmer poised to take office, the number-one spot went not to Starmer, but to his adviser Morgan McSweeney.