<div class="css-129jqss en4o1560"><section class="css-u7urgs ez8v1gi0"><div class="css-b4a1pi e1u9wqfn0"><span class="css-x8vgju e6e0kfy0"><a href="/britain/" data-analytics="sidebar:section"><span>Britain</span></a></span><span class="css-rjcumh e1vi1cqp0"> | Newsletter</span></div><h1 class="css-1p83fk8 e1r8fcie0">Keir Starmer wants to fill the Boris Johnson-shaped void</h1><h2 class="css-1ms10sa eg03uz0">The latest edition of our Blighty newsletter</h2></section></div><div class="css-vpmedt en4o1560"><section class="css-1ugvd2u e18wk22u0"></section></div><div class="css-129jqss en4o1560"><div class="css-9ij950 e1rprpb40"><div class="css-f1to7x e1x31cqm0"><div class="css-jwv1ak ejfltsf0"><div class="css-w0h03k eygoqsu0"><div><time datetime="2024-05-28T16:46:19.621Z" class="css-1c8ktq7 e4cw3vv0"> May 28th 2024</time></div><div><div class="css-1902i5q eygoqsu0"></div></div></div></div></div><section data-body-id="cp2" class="css-k2wbwk ed4x7ae1"><div class="css-1a2ik1p ed4x7ae2"><p data-component="paragraph" class="css-1f0x4sl e1tt35bk0"><i>This is the introduction to Blighty, a weekly, subscriber-only newsletter in which our correspondents turn their gaze on the latest developments in Britain.</i></p><p data-component="paragraph" class="css-1f0x4sl e1tt35bk0"><i>Sign up for&nbsp;<a href="https://www.economist.com/newsletters/blighty">Blighty.</a></i></p></div></section><div class="css-dv5w6c e1tda7ck0"><div class="css-19gx9y0 ejfltsf0"><div class="css-15sn8g1 eygoqsu0"><div><div class="css-9mn5vp eygoqsu0"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>

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The latest edition of our Blighty newsletter{ai:summary}<p>In Blighty newsletter, Keir Starmer steps up to challenge Boris Johnson's absence. Sign up now for the latest on Britain's political scene. #politics</p><p>Sir Keir Starmer may show promise, but can he measure up? Plus, delve into Gary Lineker's career for insights into modern Britain. #society</p>

Keir Starmer wants to fill the Boris Johnson-shaped void

Keir Starmer wants to fill the Boris Johnson-shaped void

The latest edition of our Blighty newsletter

Sir Keir Starmer meets the public. Sort of

Footballer, broadcaster, podcast mogul: the career of Gary Lineker

The world’s first museum of homelessness

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