Sam Lister

Westminster

Associate Editor at Daily Express

Associate Editor at the Daily Express

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Keir Starmer is spinning in the wind - it's enough to make you wonder why he became PM

1 week ago | express.co.uk | Sam Lister

Keir Starmer is spinning in the wind – it's enough to make you wonder why he became PMThere's no doubting that Sir Keir Starmer wanted to be Prime Minister, but why? 14:57, Fri, May 23, 2025 | UPDATED: 14:57, Fri, May 23, 2025 Share Article Bookmark OPINIONKeir Starmer is spinning in the wind (Image: Getty)Keir Starmer’s desire to become prime minister meant he sat at Jeremy Corbyn’s side while many of his colleagues refused to do so.
'Angela Rayner and Ed Miliband's hypocrisy threatening to tear Labour apart'

2 weeks ago | express.co.uk | Sam Lister

OPINIONRayner can't be pleased at Ed Miliband's wife's objections to building new houses (Image: Colin Lane/Liverpool Echo)Angela Rayner vowed to take on the nimbys stopping new homes being built, so Cabinet pal Ed Miliband must be number one on her hit list. Windy Mili, who wants to cover the countryside in turbines, is against luxury flats being built in his leafy neighbourhood.
Keir Starmer has sold Britain out with new US trade deal

4 weeks ago | express.co.uk | Sam Lister

OPINIONPrime Minister Keir Starmer speaks to car factory employees after the trade deal was announced (Image: Getty Images)Puffed up Keir Starmer bragged about securing a great trade deal with Donald Trump but it was the second time he sold Britain out in a week. The Prime Minister was not even in the room when the agreement was finalised and was forced into last minute concessions over the phone while he was at a football match.
Alastair Campbell's boring hissy fit that proves he can still convince himself of anything

1 month ago | express.co.uk | Sam Lister

Alastair Campbell's boring hissy fit that proves he can still convince himself of anythingThe former spin doctor has made an unhelpful, ill-informed contribution to a national debate that reveals a lot about the Left. Share Article Bookmark OPINIONCampbell recently expressed anger about the Supreme Court's ruling on women (Image: Getty)In the two weeks since the country’s most senior judges ruled men cannot become women, trans extremists have engaged in a collective hissy fit.
'Bravery and modesty of Greatest Generation dwarfs all who came after it'

1 month ago | express.co.uk | Sam Lister

Bravery and modesty of Greatest Generation dwarfs all who came after itMeeting with real heroes who downplay the heroism that guaranteed today's freedoms is truly something to behold. Link copied Bookmark OPINIONClockwise from top left, Robbie, Henry, Dorothea, Ruth, Marie and Peter (Image: Jonathan Buckmaster / Daily Express)It was an absolute pleasure to spend an afternoon with a group of Second World War veterans recently – and their attitude to life should be a lesson for all of us.
Angela Rayner response sums up perfectly the hypocrisy of Labour Party

1 month ago | express.co.uk | Sam Lister

The Deputy Prime Minister has shone a light on her own party's diabolical failings. 19:01, Fri, Apr 11, 2025 Link copied Bookmark Angela Rayner’s response to Birmingham’s bin crisis sums up perfectly the hypocrisy that runs through Labour’s veins like a disease. A darling of the trade union movement for most of her life, the Deputy Prime Minister has suddenly realised picket lines are a bit of a problem if you are trying to run a country.
Nurses forced to go to court to stop men using their changing rooms

2 months ago | express.co.uk | Sam Lister

OPINIONBethany Hutchison (front left) and Lisa Lockey (front right) lead a group of nurses from Darlington (Image: PA)Like a pastel-version of Reservoir Dogs, five women walked into court this week ready for battle. Their legal fight will be one of the defining cases of the decade and will take four weeks to thrash out. So what can be so complicated and challenging that the justice system must be deployed to reach a resolution?
'Just Stop Oil's boring zealots hungered for fame — but history won't care'

2 months ago | express.co.uk | Sam Lister

Just Stop Oil's boring, middle-class zealots hungered for fame — it was always about themEnvironmental heroes? More like a bunch of drab dullards desperately seeking excitement. Link copied Bookmark OPINIONJust Stop Oil will be 'hanging up the hi-vis' after three years of climate action (Image: Getty Images)Are Just Stop Oil’s warriors destined for a place in the history books after declaring victory in their three-year battle to save the world?
Eddie Izzard and Shobna Gulati expose gender wars madness

2 months ago | express.co.uk | Sam Lister

OPINIONA Radio 4 presenter apologised after calling Suzy Eddie Izzard a man (Image: Getty Images)Two celebrities have shown in the last few days just how far reaching the madness around gender identity is. Shobna Gulati, a former Corrie favourite, at the age of 58 has decided she is “nonbinary”. It means she does not identify as a man or a woman and her personal pronouns are “she/they”. This is because the actress (actor/actrex?) sees herself as a person and gender is not important to her.
'Meghan's terrified friends look like contestants in an episode of Squid Game'

2 months ago | express.co.uk | Sam Lister

Meghan Markle's terrified friends remind me of Netflix show that was actually successfulThe Duchess of Sussex's Netflix show is called 'With Love' but her guests look like they'd be far more suited to another pretty harrowing series. 12:07, Tue, Mar 11, 2025 | UPDATED: 12:07, Tue, Mar 11, 2025 Link copied Bookmark OPINIONDaniel Martin, a close friend of the Duchess of Sussex (Image: COURTESY OF NETFLIX)If you can fake sincerity, you’ve got it made.