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Fionnán Sheahan: The world of British politics has been turned upside down again as Keir Starmer transforms the Labour Party in just five years

Labour leader Keir Starmer campaigned alone. Photo: Reuters

Fionnan Sheahan in Hackney, London

Five years ago, sitting on the balcony of Kensington’s plush Town Hall as the votes were counted in the general election, it seemed as if the die had already been cast in British politics for at least a decade.

Boris Johnson won victory on a promise to “get Brexit done” and smashed Labour’s “red wall” of seats to secure an overwhelming majority.