The Papers: 'Starmer on ropes' and 'nightmare for Labour'

The results of the Gorton and Denton by-election and the fallout for Sir Keir Starmer and the Labour party dominate Saturday's papers.

Keir Starmer’s response to the Gorton and Denton debacle should be a government that truly, finally, reflects him | Tom Baldwin

In the past he has been urged to follow strategies that don’t really match his core beliefs. That’s changing, as it must, because he knows the clock is ticking Tom Baldwin is the author of Keir Starmer, The Biography In a crowded and overheated bar towards the end of the evening a few months ago, I received some strange parenting advice from one of those “Labour strategist” types. We were discussing – maybe arguing – over the government’s position on Gaza. Eventually I asked if he could pro...

By Tom Baldwin