Owen Jones: Keir Starmer's premiership was not bad luck but a record of failure
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A scathing opinion piece by Guardian columnist Owen Jones arguing that Keir Starmer's tenure as UK prime minister was not a case of a decent man undone by bad luck, but rather a dismal record defined by broken pledges, poor judgment (from Gaza policy to the Peter Mandelson row), and failed leadership. Jones rejects the post-resignation narrative from Labour figures portraying Starmer as a principled, dignified public servant, instead characterizing his time in office as genuinely poor and self-inflicted.
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The Labour leader is 'principled' and 'driven by a deep sense of public service and duty to this country', said deputy prime minister David Lammy.
A devoted and dedicated public servant said home secretary Shabana Mahmood.
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