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Starmerism and the Guardian’s sleight of hand
A recent article by Claire Ainsley conceals more than it reveals about current Labour thinking, says SOLOMON HUGHES

IF YOU want an example of how British politics is a sealed system, designed to keep out popular demands for change, a recent article by Claire Ainsley in the Guardian is as good a starting place as any. 

Ainsley was writing as Keir Starmer’s former policy chief, but the fact she is also a corporate lobbyist working for a Tory-run firm was hidden. 

Starmer’s former “brains” was lecturing Labour supporters that Starmer was right to offer little to workers, while working for a firm offering to help corporations with “influencing” the government. 

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