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  • 1 week ago | inews.co.uk | Isabel Hardman

    Keir Starmer has always seen his pragmatism as a strength. Where other political leaders get stuck in dogma, or feel obliged to please their particular wing of the party, he actively eschews any attempt at defining “Starmerism”, boasting that there will never be such a thing.

  • 2 weeks ago | spectator.com.au | Isabel Hardman

    Kemi Badenoch was on good, brutal form at Prime Minister’s Questions today. Keir Starmer had tried to spike her guns by using a planted question to tell the chamber at the start that as the economy improved, he wanted to see more pensioners eligible for winter fuel payment. But the Tory leader still managed to make Starmer – and his party – look uncomfortable.

  • 2 weeks ago | spectator.co.uk | Isabel Hardman

    Kemi Badenoch was on good, brutal form at Prime Minister’s Questions today. Keir Starmer had tried to spike her guns by using a planted question to tell the chamber at the start that as the economy improved, he wanted to see more pensioners eligible for winter fuel payment. But the Tory leader still managed to make Starmer – and his party – look uncomfortable.

  • 3 weeks ago | inews.co.uk | Isabel Hardman

    Can you teach children “grit”? Ministers want to ensure that mental resilience is taught in schools to counter what they describe as a “doom loop” of poor mental health which drives record school absences and higher health spending longer into the future. Health Secretary Wes Streeting and Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson plan to merge attendance and behaviour hubs in schools as part of a drive to “tackle anxiety and low mood” in the classroom.

  • 3 weeks ago | spectator.com.au | Isabel Hardman

    Keir Starmer had a much more awkward Prime Minister’s Questions than he is accustomed to. This was largely because Kemi Badenoch was armed with the latest unemployment figures, but also because the Conservative leader was agile in dealing with the Prime Minister’s responses. However, the overall lesson from the session was that Starmer now wants to frame the next election as being a battle between Labour and Reform, with the Tories a ‘finished party’.

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Isabel Hardman
Isabel Hardman @IsabelHardman
13 May 25

RT @spectator: On today's Coffee House Shots podcast: Keir Starmer is being compared to Enoch Powell for his immigration plan. Isabel Hardm…

Isabel Hardman
Isabel Hardman @IsabelHardman
13 May 25

How a combination of policies on the NHS could end up causing a toxic mess - my I paper column https://t.co/740rxvby2Z

Isabel Hardman
Isabel Hardman @IsabelHardman
23 Apr 25

Once again, Starmer complained about the tone of the debate on sex and gender, while giving the strong impression he wished he didn’t have to participate at all. My PMQs review https://t.co/cfpyGdpdeK