Labour’s NEC has blocked Burnham for standing for parliament – and therefore his best chance of challenging Keir Starmer for the leadership.
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Keir Starmer’s attempt to offer a positive vision at the Labour conference simply underlined long-term concerns about his leadership style.
Starmer’s vision for a changed education sector attempts to use the same measures to address two separate problems.
The prime minister mentioned Nigel Farage by name multiple times – a highly unusual approach to a party conference speech.
In this hierarchical system, migrants are kept on extended probation and judged by standards never applied to British nationals.
It’s risky but Labour needs to drastically remake its image ahead of the next election.
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