30 h. ago Voices: Could Nigel Farage do worse as prime minister? You better believe it

We ought to take Reform seriously as a possible party of government – and Nigel Farage as a possible PM – so let’s give his ideas the scrutiny they deserve, writes John Rentoul

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44 h. ago ANDREW NEIL: We've become an unserious country. We're rudderless, adrift in a sea of troubles rather than in command of our destiny. And our leaders are to blame.

By common consent, on the Left almost as much as on the Right, Keir Starmer has got off to the worst start ever of any incoming British Prime Minister.

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5 d. ago ‘No plans for a party’ to mark Keir Starmer’s first year in power, No 10 says

It comes days after Starmer’s first year in power was dubbed ‘the worst of any newly elected prime minister’ by Britain’ts leading pollster

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5 d. ago Starmer has no energy, vision or strategy for Britain on the world stage. He offers only weakness, decline and a disregard for the sovereignty of this nation: NILE GARDINER

In the week of the first anniversary of Starmer moving into No 10, the polling guru Sir John Curtice said that he has had 'the worst start for any newly-elected Prime Minister'.

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6 d. ago Keir Starmer has had worst start as PM than Liz Truss, expert claims

Labour prime minister’s time in office even worse than that of Liz Truss, top historian says

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7 d. ago Voices: This is the last chance for Labour and the Tories to stay relevant

Editorial: The British public has voted for change three times and been disappointed. If Starmer’s government doesn’t turn things around and if the Conservatives don’t regain some ground, Nigel Farage will be the beneficiary

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7 d. ago This is the last chance for Labour and the Tories to stay relevant

Editorial: The British public has voted for change three times and been disappointed. If Starmer’s government doesn’t turn things around and if the Conservatives don’t regain some ground, Nigel Farage will be the beneficiary

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7 d. ago Keir Starmer has had worst start of any PM in 100 years, expert warns

Labour prime minister’s time in office even worse than that of Liz Truss, top historian says, although he looks likely to win this week’s crunch welfare vote after benefits U-turn and optomism can help him defeat Nigel Farage’s Reform

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7 d. ago Keir Starmer has had worse start as PM than Liz Truss, expert claims

Labour prime minister’s record in office more ‘inept’ than that of Liz Truss, top historian says

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3 w. ago Voices: Dear Vix: I feel ashamed to admit it – but I really don’t like my parents

Do you have a problem you would like to raise anonymously with Dear Vix? Issues with love, relationships, family and work? Email dearvix@independent.co.uk

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3 w. ago Voices: How Labour’s spending review was shaped by Reform UK

The chancellor insisted her choices were “Labour choices.” But as I watched her deliver her statement, I couldn’t help thinking that much of it was aimed at seeing off the rising threat to Labour from Nigel Farage, writes Andrew Grice

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4 w. ago Voices: What can Reform do to shift the idea it is the ‘Nigel Party’?

The loss of a Scottish parliament by-election that Farage had hoped to win, coupled with the resignation of his chairman amid a row about banning the burqa, could reshape the electoral fortunes of all parties, says Andrew Grice

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