Is Keir Starmer a prime minister in waiting?

Even the least favourable polls have Boris Johnson behind his Labour rival

Keir Starmer
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Keir Starmer could be forgiven for cracking open a couple of bottles of champagne this new year, said Anne McElvoy in The Guardian. Labour can finally celebrate its first consistent poll lead over the Conservatives: “a seven-point advantage” which takes the party into territory where it might just win a general election.

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