Despatch: Is Starmer on shaky ground?

26 Sep 2025 • 7 min • EN
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With party conference season underway and Andy Burnham circling with a bolder agenda, former special adviser Callum Price asks the hard questions: Why is Labour so wary of defining its purpose? Why does Starmer still seem like a fox pretending to be a hedgehog — chasing contradictory goals without a guiding principle? And what happens when a party with power has no story to tell? Drawing on lessons from Isaiah Berlin and even Margaret Thatcher’s ideological clarity, this edition explores what happens when governments try to govern without vision — and why the vacuum is already being filled. Stay informed with CapX's unmissable daily briefings from the heart of Westminster. Go to capx.co to subscribe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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