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Keir Starmer and the illusion of ‘seriousness’

9 July 2024

5:42 PM

9 July 2024

5:42 PM

The first few days of a totally new government are disorientating. Nobody knows quite how to react. The electoral dust is still settling. We are still in the process of recalibrating well-worn reflexes: rolling your eyes and tutting about Jeremy Hunt and David Cameron is no longer a thing, for they are no longer things.

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