From Gaza to the Peter Mandelson row, his abandoned pledges to the ‘island of strangers’ claim, Starmer’s time at No 10 was truly dismal, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

'Since surviving a brush with political death over the Peter Mandelson scandal in February, Keir Starmer has struck a defiant tone - but the mood is shifting'

Keir Starmer was elected Britain’s prime minister in 2024 to be a safe pair of hands who would end years of political chaos under the Conservatives.