Tag Archives: Keir Starmer

Why the Labour Party lost everywhere last week

Posted on May 11, 2026 by wonkypolicywonk

Since late 2024, my wife Joanna and I have received a combined total of five speeding tickets from the Metropolitan Police. And, in each case, the strategically-placed automatic camera had caught us driving at … 24 mph. Most recently, the … Continue reading →

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The Assisted Suicide Bill is dead, long live the Assisted Suicide Bill!

Posted on April 25, 2026 by wonkypolicywonk

So, having run out of time in the House of Lords, Kim Leadbeater’s well-intentioned but deeply flawed Assisted Suicide Bill is finally dead. Apparently, Leadbeater regards the attempt by the House of Lords to address the Bill’s flaws as “undemocratic”. … Continue reading →

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Assisted dying Bill: a ‘how to vote’ guide for Labour MPs

Posted on November 27, 2024 by wonkypolicywonk

Are you a Labour MP? Maybe newly-elected on 4 July, or otherwise unfamiliar with the deeply defective and anachronistic Private Members’ Bill process? Still undecided how to vote on Kim Leadbeater’s assisted dying Bill on Friday? Well, fret no more! … Continue reading →

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Assisted dying: Kim gets Keir off the hook, but at what price?

Posted on October 17, 2024 by wonkypolicywonk

So, Keir Starmer had himself filmed making a personal promise to TV celebrity Esther Rantzen – Democracy 2024, innit – and now backbench Labour MP Kim Leadbeater, having had her numbered wooden ball pulled out of a glass bowl at … Continue reading →

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