The Spectator's running its weekly Starmer obituary again

Spectator Australia · Isabel Hardman · Thursday 30 April 2026

The Spectator's running its weekly Starmer obituary again

Isabel Hardman files another in the Spectator's rolling series declaring Keir Starmer politically dead, this time keyed to a final PMQs of the session.

The Spectator's fifth piece this month declaring Starmer finished — at this rate they'll have buried him more times than Lazarus and with less reason to expect a comeback. The British commentariat has confused having an opinion with having a clock.

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