the verdict on his record
on Keir Starmer's mind since 2026-07-15
The history
- 2026-09-08— #4 · 12% · steady — 'Baleful': the obituaries arrived well before the funeral
- 2026-09-07— #3 · 16% · new this week — Three obituaries before lunch, none of them kind
- 2026-09-06— #3 · 14% · new this week — The obituaries are in, and nobody's being gentle
- 2026-09-05— #3 · 12% · new this week — "Who will remember Keir Starmer?" — asked in print, today
- 2026-09-04— #3 · 13% · new this week — The obituary columns arrive: who will actually remember him?
- 2026-09-03— #4 · 11% · new this week — His Biographer's Exit Line: He Never Much Liked Being A Politician
- 2026-09-02— #4 · 9% · steady — The obituaries arrive early, and they disagree wildly
- 2026-09-01— #4 · 10% · steady — The political obituaries got a second run in one summer
- 2026-08-26— #4 · 9% · fading — 'Never here Keir' gets a sequel: 'always around Andy'
- 2026-08-25— #4 · 10% · fading — 'Never here Keir' is now the setup line for his successor's praise
- 2026-08-22— #4 · 9% · new this week — Graded Like A Sacked Premier League Manager
- 2026-08-21— #4 · 11% · new this week — 'He Left the Country in a Better Place' — the Rehabilitation Opens
- 2026-08-20— #3 · 13% · steady — 'Starmer Left the Country in a Better Place' — One Defence, Filed
- 2026-08-19— #2 · 19% · steady — New Statesman: He Left the Country Better
- 2026-08-17— #3 · 14% · new this week — 'Already Worse Than Starmer' Is Now a Compliment
- 2026-08-13— #3 · 16% · new this week — 'From landslide winner to Britain's most unpopular leader'
- 2026-08-12— #2 · 18% · new this week — 'Shameful legacy' — the reviews are still coming in
- 2026-08-11— #2 · 18% · rising — 'A Shameful Legacy': The Obituaries Keep Coming
- 2026-08-04— #4 · 11% · fading — Ten years, seven PMs, and one foreign-policy hole
- 2026-08-02— #2 · 18% · steady — 'Collapse after a landslide': the post-mortems keep landing
- 2026-08-01— #2 · 17% · steady — 'Collapse after a landslide' — the post-mortem on the biggest majority in a generation
- 2026-07-31— #2 · 20% · steady — The obituaries keep arriving, and they can't agree
- 2026-07-30— #1 · 23% · rising — The Obituaries Arrive Early, And They Disagree
- 2026-07-27— #3 · 15% · steady — His Premiership Now Has a Publisher, and the Working Title Is 'Unfulfilled'
- 2026-07-26— #2 · 20% · steady — 'Collapse After a Landslide' Is Now the Standard Headline
- 2026-07-25— #2 · 18% · new this week — The Post-Mortem Lands: 'No Better Off Than They Found It'
- 2026-07-24— #2 · 18% · new this week — 'No Better Off Than They Found It'
- 2026-07-23— #2 · 18% · rising — The Obituaries Land, and They Are Not Kind
- 2026-07-22— #3 · 14% · rising — The Post-Mortems Land: 'Where Did It All Go Wrong?'
- 2026-07-21— #3 · 15% · steady — The Obituaries for a Two-Year Premiership Land
- 2026-07-20— #3 · 16% · fading — 'Stronger and fairer' — the obituaries disagree
- 2026-07-19— #2 · 22% · new this week — Two years, one landslide, and every columnist grading it at once
- 2026-07-16— #4 · 10% · steady — What Did Keir Actually Achieve? The Obituaries Land
- 2026-07-15— #4 · 11% · new this week — A Record That Failed By His Own Metrics