Balance of Power

Enfeebled Starmer Takes Aim at Britain’s Populists

Prime minister under pressure from poll-leading Reform just 15 months after landslide election victory.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks on the opening day of the Labour Party annual conference in Liverpool, UK, on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025.

Photographer: Chris J. Ratcliffe/Bloomberg

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He lacks judgment. He isn’t bold enough. He doesn’t have a plan.