James Starkie

James Starkie is founding partner at communications consultancy 5654 & Co. He worked on Vote Leave in 2016 and was a special adviser in government during Theresa May’s and Boris Johnson’s premierships.

Labour’s attack on Brexit won’t work

In life, as in film, you need a baddie. Whether it’s Dr No, Nurse Ratched or Voldemort, without someone to root against you have no story. In government, the bad guy (domestically at least) tends to be your predecessors. The Conservatives spent the best part of 14 years blaming the Labour party, with a pitstop