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Mark Wallace is Chief Executive of Total Politics Group

Article thumbnail: Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer attends the opening day of the Farnborough International Airshow 2024, south west of London, on July 22, 2024. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)
Mark Wallace

Starmer can go where the Tories feared (and failed) to tread

Like Nixon, Labour's PM can lead his party beyond its comfort zone

Mark Wallace

Keir Starmer can't avoid the C-word forever

Mark Wallace

Out of power and out of money, the Tories have four huge problems

Article thumbnail: Keir Starmer, leader of the Labour Party, during a general election campaign event at outside The Shoulder of Mutton pub in Little Horwood, UK, on Monday, July 1, 2024. Starmer??said a Labour-led UK wouldn't be isolated on the global stage despite the rise of right-wing parties in Europe and North America, as the man polls project will be Britain's next prime minister warned that only progressive parties "have the answers" to the challenges facing the world.??Photographer: Jose Sarmento Matos/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Mark Wallace

Thatcher and Reagan would be sickened by the rise of Putin apologists

Mark Wallace

The challenge for MPs after a Labour landslide

Article thumbnail: GRAYS, ENGLAND - JUNE 09: Labour Party leader Keir Starmer and Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper meet victims of anti-social behaviour in Stifford Clays on June 09, 2024 in Grays, England. The Labour Leader and Shadow Home Secretary meet victims to lay out how Labour would crackdown on anti-social behaviour if the win the next general election. (Photo by John Keeble/Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: GRAYS, ENGLAND - JUNE 09: Labour Party leader Keir Starmer and Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper meet victims of anti-social behaviour in Stifford Clays on June 09, 2024 in Grays, England. The Labour Leader and Shadow Home Secretary meet victims to lay out how Labour would crackdown on anti-social behaviour if the win the next general election. (Photo by John Keeble/Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: CHESHAM, ENGLAND - MAY 27: Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak poses for a photo with children and a trophy as he joins Chesham United Youth training during a Conservative general election campaign event on May 27, 2024 in Chesham, England. Rishi Sunak announced last week that the UK General Election will be held on July 4th, kicking off a 6-week period of campaigning. (Photo by Alastair Grant-WPA Pool/Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: CHESHAM, ENGLAND - MAY 27: Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak poses for a photo with children and a trophy as he joins Chesham United Youth training during a Conservative general election campaign event on May 27, 2024 in Chesham, England. Rishi Sunak announced last week that the UK General Election will be held on July 4th, kicking off a 6-week period of campaigning. (Photo by Alastair Grant-WPA Pool/Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks in the garden of 10 Downing Street, London, as he hosts the second Farm to Fork summit, for members of the farming and food industries. Picture date: Tuesday May 14, 2024. PA Photo. The event will look at ways to champion UK food and drink both at home and abroad, support the long-term resilience and sustainability of the UK farming sector, and drive the growth of domestic fruit and vegetable production. Photo credit should read: Toby Melville/PA Wire
Article thumbnail: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks in the garden of 10 Downing Street, London, as he hosts the second Farm to Fork summit, for members of the farming and food industries. Picture date: Tuesday May 14, 2024. PA Photo. The event will look at ways to champion UK food and drink both at home and abroad, support the long-term resilience and sustainability of the UK farming sector, and drive the growth of domestic fruit and vegetable production. Photo credit should read: Toby Melville/PA Wire
Article thumbnail: DOVER, ENGLAND - MAY 10: Labour leader Keir Starmer gives a thumbs up alongside MP for Dover Natalie Elphicke as he announces Labour's plan to stop illegal small boat crossings on May 10, 2024 in Dover, England. The Labour leader announced plans for border security and tackling the issue of small boat crossings. Starmer is expected to announce plans for a new Border Security Command, new counter-terror powers, and new specialist enforcement officers and investigators as part of pledge to change what he calls the Conservative Party's 'talk tough, do nothing culture' on border control. Labour says part of the proposals would be funded by diverting money currently being used for the government's Rwanda deportation policy. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: DOVER, ENGLAND - MAY 10: Labour leader Keir Starmer gives a thumbs up alongside MP for Dover Natalie Elphicke as he announces Labour's plan to stop illegal small boat crossings on May 10, 2024 in Dover, England. The Labour leader announced plans for border security and tackling the issue of small boat crossings. Starmer is expected to announce plans for a new Border Security Command, new counter-terror powers, and new specialist enforcement officers and investigators as part of pledge to change what he calls the Conservative Party's 'talk tough, do nothing culture' on border control. Labour says part of the proposals would be funded by diverting money currently being used for the government's Rwanda deportation policy. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)