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Starmer and Biden – how do they compare?
Sir Keir’s determination to show he is a break with Labour’s left is putting him to the right of Biden, says SOLOMON HUGHES
US President Joe Biden and Labour leader Keir Starmer

EVEN Sir Keir Starmer’s supporters accept he is struggling to stand out against Boris Johnson and faces a difficult test at the local elections. 

The reason is obvious — so obvious in fact that a lot of pundits have to try very hard not to see it. 

Starmer and his team are putting all their effort into defining him against “Corbynism” instead of defining him against Boris Johnson. 

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