For all the errors and crises, the blight on Starmer’s first year is still the lack of vision
- Posted on July 3, 2025
- By The Guardian
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For all the errors and crises, the blight on Starmer’s first year is still the lack of vision

Prime ministers have recovered from bad starts. But unless Starmer can articulate an idea of the Britain he wants, the public – and his party – may desert him, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle