05-07-2025
DAN HODGES: This is who's REALLY to blame for the crushing failure of Labour's first year - despite the shocking thing Starmer's allies have told me about the party's MPs
A year ago, Keir Starmer penned one of his first articles since becoming Prime Minister. It focused on immigration. 'I will make it clear that secure borders are a priority for my government,' he declared, with chronically misplaced bravado. 'What did all the rhetoric and grandstanding of the previous government amount to? A legacy of failure. When I say we must smash the gangs, I mean it.'
He concluded with this peroration. 'My government is rolling up its sleeves and getting the job done. Grown-up politics, back in the service of working people.'
