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The lesson for Burnham - before it's too late

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By John Kampfner Verified
| Substack
If you wanted to encapsulate the reasons why mainstream politics has so struggled across the liberal world, you would call it Keir Starmer. I say this with sadness. But, as I argue in Braver New World, politicians who see their job as managing and tinkering will be destroyed by hostile forces. That’s what’s happened. Andy Burnham can have all the media savvy ‘ordinary bloke’ charm in the world, but that won’t enable him to turn things around. He needs to think big. Take calculated risks.
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Estonia Has Lessons for Us All

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By John Kampfner Verified
| Revista de Prensa "Almendrón" Verified
The Estonian and the European flag are pictured during the opening concert at the Freedom Square in Tallinn to celebrate Estonia's six month EU Presidency on June 29, 2017. PETRAS MALUKAS/AFP via Getty Images One of the pitfalls of diplomacy, so the traditionalists assert, is when the representative of the foreign nation goes native. It is one thing to understand the country in which you are stationed; it is quite another to appreciate it too much.
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The ghost of Willy Brandt

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By John Kampfner Verified
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Which is worse: an acute disease or a chronic one? Britain’s Labour Party and Germany’s Social Democrats suffer from each of these afflictions. They share many of the same traits – split between trimmers and radicals, lacklustre leadership (I’m being polite) and, most importantly, a loss of identity. While Keir Starmer may be on his way out, the long-term demise of the SPD as a political force is the most entrenched.
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