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Matthew Flinders

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Matthew Flinders is Director of the Sir Bernard Crick Centre for the Public Understanding of Politics at the University of Sheffield
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With social media ban, Starmer attempts an emotional rebrand

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By Matthew Flinders
| El Obrero
Out with the “Old Keir” – the non-ideological technocratic neo-statism combined with a rather wooden and hesitant political style – and in with the new – far more relaxed, engaging and, quite simply, more human. There was a subtlety about his speech that suggested a man who is fully aware of the challenges (and challengers) that lie ahead. It appears he has at last decided to jettison the “Ming vase strategy” of leading through extreme caution that carried him into power.
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With social media ban, Starmer attempts an emotional rebrand

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By Matthew Flinders
| Inkl
In politics, very often a speech about one topic is actually designed to deliver a very different and far broader message. This was certainly the case with Keir Starmer’s statement on banning social media for under-16s. This was not just an announcement about the government’s proposals. It was an announcement of Starmer’s intention to fight for his position.
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With social media ban, Starmer attempts an emotional rebrand Original

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By Matthew Flinders
| The Conversation
In politics, very often a speech about one topic is actually designed to deliver a very different and far broader message. This was certainly the case with Keir Starmer’s statement on banning social media for under-16s. This was not just an announcement about the government’s proposals. It was an announcement of Starmer’s intention to fight for his position.
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