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Starmer’s queue-cutting blunder shows he isn’t very good at politics

2 January 2025

10:46 PM

2 January 2025

10:46 PM

Who would want to be Prime Minister, when even an innocent holiday can lead to a PR disaster? Keir Starmer had to cancel his summer holiday last year because he couldn’t be seen to be swanning off to the sun while towns in the Midlands and North were erupting into rioting. Surely,

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