Blighty newsletter: A big ballot-box test for Sir Keir Starmer

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Blighty newsletter: A big ballot-box test for Sir Keir Starmer

Apr 15th 2025

This is the introduction to Blighty, a weekly, subscriber-only newsletter in which our correspondents turn their gaze on the latest developments in Britain.

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Blighty newsletter: A big ballot-box test for Sir Keir Starmer

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