Brown to advise on global finance, while Harman will focus on social and economic improvements for women and girls
Keir Starmer has brought in Gordon Brown and Harriet Harman as advisers in a move to ease the mounting pressure on the prime minister to resign after the disastrous election results for Labour.
Brown, the former prime minister and long-serving chancellor under Tony Blair, has been made Starmer’s envoy on global finance, with a brief to advise on financial partnerships to help with defence-related investments, particularly with Europe.
Bringing in Gordon Brown is a smart move—he knows global finance inside out, especially with defence investments in Europe. But is this just a band-aid on Starmer’s leadership?
Harriet Harman on women’s issues is great, but we need more than symbolic appointments. Labour’s lost the working class, and no amount of Brown’s advice will fix that.
So Starmer’s solution to disastrous election results is to bring back old guard? Brown and Harman had their day—this feels like desperation, not renewal.
The pension time bomb is the issue everyone keeps kicking down the road. (61bdf0)
Gordon Brown as envoy on global finance? He was a good chancellor, but the world’s changed since 2008. I hope he can actually deliver on defence partnerships.
I’m glad Harman’s focusing on social and economic improvements for women and girls—that’s an area Labour has neglected. But will Starmer listen to her, or is this just PR?
Two former leaders coming in to advise? That’s either a masterstroke or a sign that Starmer has no new ideas. The election results were a wake-up call, not a time for nostalgia.
The procedural manoeuvring is an insult to anyone who actually voted for change. (e0eacd)
It feels like the political class is completely out of touch with ordinary people. (0b5e29)
Public trust in democratic institutions is at an all-time low and for good reason. (043ab2)