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The Inside Story of Labour Under Starmer

Patrick Maguire Gabriel Pogrund

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Vintage
12 February 2026
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER - Get In is the definitive behind-the-scenes account of Labour’s brutal reinvention and dramatic return to power.

'The book about Keir Starmer we have all been waiting for' TIM SHIPMAN 'Stuffed full of scoops . . . revealing who's really in charge' LAURA KUENSSBERG 'A remarkable piece of journalism' RORY STEWART

From electoral wipe-out in 2019 to landslide victory in 2024 and on into Labour’s first hundred days in government, Get In is a blistering exposé of the most significant and ruthless political transformation in a generation.

At its heart is Morgan McSweeney, a mastermind of political subterfuge and author of a strategy to eviscerate the party, bury the left and rebuild it as a vote-winning machine. In Starmer he saw the perfect vessel for his vision: a man with no political identity but burning with ambition and a single all-consuming principle: to win.

Drawing on unrivalled access throughout the party and extensive leaks of internal party documents and WhatsApp messages, Get In shows how together they betrayed and marginalised Corbyn and his followers, then forged a path in which promises, and at times principles, were readily discarded in pursuit of power.

Richly peopled with the major figures of Labour present and past, this is the coming-of-age story of Britain's government. In an era in which faith in politics has plummeted, this is how to game your way to the ultimate prize. But what on earth do you do when you get there?

‘A rattling tale terrifically well told . . . extremely well-sourced . . . dramatic detail’ Andrew Rawnsley, Observer

‘Fast-paced . . . cutting one-liners . . . it reads as if the authors were alongside McSweeney and Starmer’ Jason Cowley, Sunday Times

‘Fascinating . . . devastating . . . full of lively stories’ Andrew Marr, New Statesman

‘Unsparing . . . brilliant . . . so many golden nuggets’ Michael Gove, Spectator

‘Revealing . . . pacy . . . dispassionate but informed . . . a cracking read’ Financial Times

‘A gripping story of raw politics and ruthless men’ Helen Lewis

'Revealing . . . compelling' Anne McElvoy, Evening Standard

'Extraordinarily detailed and sometimes bloodstained' Tom Baldwin, Guardian

'As excruciating as it is insightful' Economist

‘A superb work of contemporary history which defines the Starmer premiership’ Peter Oborne

'If you have questions about Starmer’s budding reign . . . expect many of them to be answered' Kara Kennedy, Telegraph
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‘Compelling’ John Harris, Guardian

‘Fascinating’ Andrew Grice, Independent
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Imprint:   Vintage
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 198mm,  Width: 129mm,  Spine: 35mm
Weight:   500g
ISBN:   9781529939446
ISBN 10:   1529939445
Pages:   480
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming

Patrick Maguire (Author) Patrick Maguire is a political columnist for The Times and senior political correspondent for Times Radio. He is a regular commentator on Labour politics for TV and radio and won the 2016 Anthony Howard Award for Young Journalists. Gabriel Pogrund (Author) Gabriel Pogrund is Whitehall Editor at the Sunday Times. He was named Journalist of the Year at the British Journalism Awards (2023). He won Scoop of the Year at the London Press Club Awards (2022) and was the Laurence Stern Fellow at the Washington Post in 2018.

Reviews for Get In: The Inside Story of Labour Under Starmer

Gripping, exhaustively researched and fast-paced . . . cutting one-liners . . . nuanced character studies . . . scenes are recreated novelistically . . . it reads as if the authors were alongside McSweeney and Starmer as they grappled with multiple crises -- Jason Cowley * Sunday Times, *Book of the Week* * The compelling story of how one intensely motivated man grabbed control of a broken party, eviscerated its left and ruthlessly reforged Labour into a power-hungry machine . . . extremely well-sourced . . . dramatic detail . . . a rattling tale terrifically well told -- Andrew Rawnsley * Observer, *Book of the Week* * Fascinating . . . devastating . . . full of lively stories . . . this is certainly a book you need to read to understand this government -- Andrew Marr * New Statesman * Unsparing . . . Patrick Maguire and Gabriel Pogrund’s brilliant new history of Labour’s path back to power . . . [contains] so many golden nuggets . . . on almost every page . . . it gives you a depth and richness to understanding the tensions within the Starmer Project -- Michael Gove * Spectator * Revealing . . . pacy . . . dispassionate but informed . . . a cracking read -- Robert Shrimsley * Financial Times * A remarkable piece of journalism -- Rory Stewart Impeccably written, impeccably researched, impeccably sourced -- Lewis Goodall * The News Agents * There are revelations on virtually every page of this addictive and compelling book... Maguire and Pogrund are impressive political journalists' -- Steve Richards * Literary Review * Maguire and Pogrund . . . fish out the juicy niblets and scoops . . . revealing . . . [a] compelling account of what it took for Labour to get back, get in — and what it will require to stay there -- Anne McElvoy * Evening Standard * Pogrund and Maguire . . . bring it all to life . . . If you have questions about Starmer’s budding reign . . . expect many of them to be answered -- Kara Kennedy * Telegraph **** *


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