A lot is written about how we don’t know the true Keir Starmer, but this article really does show his instincts – which are far more radical than widely understood, says Simon Clarke

“Give me the child and I will show you the man” is a saying of the Jesuit order. While I wouldn’t necessarily agree that you can see in a seven year old the adult they will become, I think most of us certainly accept that by age 32, you can tell someone’s adult personality and outlook.

Hold that thought. Then let’s turn to one of the fundamental dividing lines in British politics: the future of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). This is the frontline of the battle to stop the small boat crossings that are bending our politics out of shape. Nothing better embodies the failure of the British state than its inability to enforce the border and remove illegal entrants; nothing is doing more to drive the rise of Reform.

In Manchester last month, Kemi Badenoch committed that, if........

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