Keir Starmer Falters Out of the Gate
Britain’s Labour Party, after winning office on a vow to extirpate antisemitism, takes a sharp left turn against Israel, among other betrayals of its promised program. Is Kamala Harris watching?

Sir Keir Starmer, Labour’s white knight, is stumbling out of the gate. On the clubhouse turn, a new poll shows him 16 points underwater, a plunge of 27 points from when he acceded to prime minister. His victory in the July 4 vote prompted an outpouring of eulogies for the Tories, who’d ruled Britain for 14 years. Labour earned its 411 seats, though, with just over 33 percent of the vote. That’s a far cry from proportional, and shaky stuff for a landslide.
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