Fionnán Sheahan: UK political world turned upside down again, as Keir Starmer transforms Labour in just five years
Labour leader Keir Starmer has been going it alone on the campaign trail. Photo: Reuters
Up on the balcony of the upmarket Kensington Town Hall for the election count five years ago, it seemed as if the die was cast in UK politics for a decade at least.
Boris Johnson had romped home on the back of promising to ‘Get Brexit Done’ and smashed the ‘red wall’ of Labour seats to secure a whopping majority.
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