Why Starmer wants to keep talking about Farage
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"Know yourself and know your enemy," wrote Sun Tzu, the Chinese military adviser from the 6th century BC. "In a hundred battles, you will never be defeated." Sir Keir Starmer might not quite have 100 battles, but he's got a fair few on his hands: with his party, with the bond markets, with the mayor of Greater Manchester. And yet the prime minister, who still helms an enormous Commons majority, has a resolute focus on who the singular enemy is. And it's a party with five MPs: Reform UK. Time and again, Sir Keir has chosen during Labour's conference week to focus on Nigel Farage, having written off the Conservatives as "dead" and barely mentioning the Lib Dems, Greens or oth
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