Lucky number seven: How a Labour government under Keir Starmer could revamp Anglo-Irish relations

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Starmer takes a selfie with members of the public during a campaign trail stop at a factory in Scotland on June 21st. Photograph: Andy Buchanan/AFP via GettyStarmer is even known to wear a Donegal GAA top when he plays seven-a-side football with his friends in north London. For much of the general election campaign, Brexit has been the political issue that dare not speak its name with both main parties avoiding it. Starmer is wary of reopening old wounds in Britain and also of alienating working class voters, many of them Brexit supporters, who he is trying to win back.

Labour will also seek an agreement to make it easier for City of London financial workers to do business across the EU. Under the Tories, City officials previously threatened that the UK might squeeze the Republic’s financial industry to gain leverage over this issue. Under Starmer, a more conciliatory approach is expected.

On the Legacy Act, Labour’s intention to abolish it is explicitly laid out in its manifesto. Starmer expanded on his rationale recently while on the campaign trail. “For a government in Westminster to pass legislation which has the support of no political party in Northern Ireland and no community is in my view a mistake, particularly based on my experience .”

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