Owen Jones: Keir Starmer's premiership was a failure of integrity, not bad luck

Owen Jones

5d ago· 7 min readenOpinion

Summary

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, controversial decisions (Gaza, Peter Mandelson row), and failed leadership. Jones pushes back against post-resignation tributes from Labour figures portraying Starmer as principled and dignified, instead characterizing his time in office as a failure of integrity and judgment.

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No. This was not a decent man defeated by circumstance, a man of duty and integrity who was simply in the wrong job, a principled leader undone by ev

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.

He showed 'the great dignity and integrity that is the mark of the man', said energy secretary Ed Miliband.

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From Gaza to the Peter Mandelson row, his abandoned pledges to the ‘island of strangers’ claim, Starmer’s time at No 10 was truly dismal, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

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