Starmer’s Biographer On Why The PM Is So Unpopular
May 9, 2026
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as posted by the channel“He can actually still be a very good prime minister and can bounce back from where he is now.”
Former Labour adviser and Starmer biographer Tom Baldwin says the prime minister struggles with an “authenticity” problem, while his unpopularity is partly down to a culture of “knee-jerk outrage” in modern politics.
Tom Baldwin and Alex Chalk were speaking to Jane Mulkerrins on Times Radio. Listen to our local election coverage all weekend.
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