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Keir Starmer

What's on Keir Starmer's mind?

read fresh this morning at 6
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the brexit reset's fine print 24% burnham keeps his ukraine line 22% · newsue gray calls his no 10 unbearable 13% the verdict on his record 10% everything else 31%
#1
Burnham adopts Starmer's EU red lines — and the 100,000-visa idea he never announced

The new PM commits to the old PM's Brexit red lines for the first time, as the FT reports Starmer had weighed letting 100,000 young Europeans in a year.

Keir Starmer considered letting 100,000 young Europeans come to UK every year

Financial Times · 2026-08-23
our translation

his successor just made his most-attacked position permanent policy, which is vindication he can't claim out loud — and the leaked 100k number shows how much bolder he was in the room than at the podium

Successor adopts red lines; FT leakvery sure · 3 sources
#2
Kyiv on Independence Day, missile blueprints in the bag — the policy is still his
new — Kyiv visit on Ukraine Independence Dayvery sure · 4 sources
#3
'Unbearable' has now made it into the HR trade press
Quote recycled into management coveragepretty sure · 1 source
#4
'Never here Keir' is now the setup line for his successor's praise
Nickname revived in successor comparisonspretty sure · 1 source
tuesday, august 25
Read the Kyiv coverage and count how much of it is his policy(reported)
Decide whether 'I told you so' about the EU red lines is beneath him(reported)
Field one call about the leaked 100,000 youth-visa plan(reported)
Do not respond to Sue Gray. Again.(safe bet)

rebuilt from the public schedule, pool reports & old habits — the rest is educated guessing

The source

Burnham to give Ukraine blueprints for long-range missiles as he visits Kyiv

news.google.com · 2026-08-25

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