"From shirking on Gaza and crashing on benefit reform to trusting Peter Mandelson, so far, Starmer's premiership is a lesson in lost potential, where if a poor decision can be made, it will be and then some. If it has felt at times to Starmer's supporters over the past year that he is held to account too harshly, to others, he has unforgivably thrown away not only a precious opportunity"
"You did not have to believe Starmer was going to be Britain's saviour in July last year to hope he would at least offer some respite after a decade and a half of Tory misrule. That after the public endured austerity, Brexit and Partygate, and at last rid itself of their architects, there could actually be something better around the corner."
Labour entered government after a landslide win amid a faltering Conservative party, raising strong public expectations. Poll ratings for the prime minister have declined while three scandalous exits and plots by MPs have fuelled internal unrest. Key policy areas such as Gaza responses and benefit reform have produced high-profile missteps, and reliance on advisers like Peter Mandelson has drawn criticism. A defensive, clique-based Downing Street under chief of staff Morgan McSweeney has exacerbated disputes. Promised measures to tackle child poverty and reform the benefits system remain largely unfulfilled, leaving announcements like reversing the two-child benefit limit feeling hollow.
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