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Starmer’s Revival of Blair-Era Policy Fuels Doubts About Reset
Keir Starmer at the Global Progressive Action Conference in London on Sept. 26, 2025.
Photographer: Chris J. Ratcliffe/BloombergOn the eve of their annual party conference, Keir Starmer’s Labour Party allies were crying out for a new set of ideas to revive his flagging premiership.
In a speech pitched as his progressive fightback, the Prime Minister served them a plan about compulsory ID cards that looked a lot like the one Tony Blair struggled to land almost two decades ago.