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Keir Starmer

What's on Keir Starmer's mind?

read fresh this morning at 6
29%21%16%10%24%
cooper says his style didn't work 29% · newhis successor's honeymoon ending 21% · newthe verdict on his record 16% · newthe first touch everyone reviewed 10% · neweverything else 24%
#1
Cooper: Labour 'did not do government very well' under him

Five outlets carry the same brutal line from one of his most senior ex-ministers — who then praises Andy Burnham.

Starmer’s leadership style doesn’t work in politics, admits one his most senior ex-ministers

The Independent · 2026-08-13
our translation

she isn't settling a score, she's buying a future. trashing his style is the cheapest ticket into burnham's cabinet, and he can read the receipt from here.

new — Five outlets carry Cooper's verdictvery sure · 5 sources
#2
The honeymoon curdles: 'bad tidings', 'balancing act', 'migration muddle'
new — Three critical Burnham pieces in 48hpretty sure · 3 sources
#3
'From landslide winner to Britain's most unpopular leader'
new — Retrospectives now filed overseaspretty sure · 1 source
#4
The ex-PM's first touch, reviewed and found wanting
new — First post-resignation sighting on a pitchhonestly, a hunch · 1 source
thursday, august 13
Rewatch the Cooper clip, draft the reply, send nothing(reported)
Practise that first touch somewhere without cameras(safe bet)
Read every Burnham wobble piece and post absolutely nothing(safe bet)

rebuilt from the public schedule, pool reports & old habits — the rest is educated guessing

The source

Yvette Cooper says Labour ‘did not do government very well’ under Starmer

news.google.com · 2026-08-13

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