back to Keir Starmer's mind

the verdict on his record

on Keir Starmer's mind since 2026-07-15

The political obituaries got a second run in one summer

Highs-and-lows packages, the first-speech clips again, and a Sky analysis headlined 'his career ends with a U-turn'.

in july they wrote the obituary; today they got to add the ending. he'd much rather be assessed on the chapter he says he's starting than the one that just shut.

retrospectives running across outlets

The history

  1. 2026-09-01— #4 · 10% · steady — The political obituaries got a second run in one summer
  2. 2026-08-26— #4 · 9% · fading — 'Never here Keir' gets a sequel: 'always around Andy'
  3. 2026-08-25— #4 · 10% · fading — 'Never here Keir' is now the setup line for his successor's praise
  4. 2026-08-22— #4 · 9% · new this week — Graded Like A Sacked Premier League Manager
  5. 2026-08-21— #4 · 11% · new this week — 'He Left the Country in a Better Place' — the Rehabilitation Opens
  6. 2026-08-20— #3 · 13% · steady — 'Starmer Left the Country in a Better Place' — One Defence, Filed
  7. 2026-08-19— #2 · 19% · steady — New Statesman: He Left the Country Better
  8. 2026-08-17— #3 · 14% · new this week — 'Already Worse Than Starmer' Is Now a Compliment
  9. 2026-08-13— #3 · 16% · new this week — 'From landslide winner to Britain's most unpopular leader'
  10. 2026-08-12— #2 · 18% · new this week — 'Shameful legacy' — the reviews are still coming in
  11. 2026-08-11— #2 · 18% · rising — 'A Shameful Legacy': The Obituaries Keep Coming
  12. 2026-08-04— #4 · 11% · fading — Ten years, seven PMs, and one foreign-policy hole
  13. 2026-08-02— #2 · 18% · steady — 'Collapse after a landslide': the post-mortems keep landing
  14. 2026-08-01— #2 · 17% · steady — 'Collapse after a landslide' — the post-mortem on the biggest majority in a generation
  15. 2026-07-31— #2 · 20% · steady — The obituaries keep arriving, and they can't agree
  16. 2026-07-30— #1 · 23% · rising — The Obituaries Arrive Early, And They Disagree
  17. 2026-07-27— #3 · 15% · steady — His Premiership Now Has a Publisher, and the Working Title Is 'Unfulfilled'
  18. 2026-07-26— #2 · 20% · steady — 'Collapse After a Landslide' Is Now the Standard Headline
  19. 2026-07-25— #2 · 18% · new this week — The Post-Mortem Lands: 'No Better Off Than They Found It'
  20. 2026-07-24— #2 · 18% · new this week — 'No Better Off Than They Found It'
  21. 2026-07-23— #2 · 18% · rising — The Obituaries Land, and They Are Not Kind
  22. 2026-07-22— #3 · 14% · rising — The Post-Mortems Land: 'Where Did It All Go Wrong?'
  23. 2026-07-21— #3 · 15% · steady — The Obituaries for a Two-Year Premiership Land
  24. 2026-07-20— #3 · 16% · fading — 'Stronger and fairer' — the obituaries disagree
  25. 2026-07-19— #2 · 22% · new this week — Two years, one landslide, and every columnist grading it at once
  26. 2026-07-16— #4 · 10% · steady — What Did Keir Actually Achieve? The Obituaries Land
  27. 2026-07-15— #4 · 11% · new this week — A Record That Failed By His Own Metrics