Martin Ivens, Columnist

Trussonomics May Be a Gift for Labour and Keir Starmer

The prime minister is following a well-trodden path by breaking with her predecessors. But the tide is already moving in Labour's direction.

September 24, 2022 at 7:00 AM UTC

By Martin Ivens

Martin Ivens is the editor of the Times Literary Supplement. Previously, he was editor of the Sunday Times of London and its chief political commentator.

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Who is the real “change candidate” after 12 years of Conservative government in the UK: Keir Starmer, the leader of the opposition Labour party? Or Liz Truss, the fourth successive Tory prime minister?

That is the question Starmer must answer at his annual party conference in Liverpool this weekend. The result of the next general election in two years’ time hangs on it.