Is Keir Starmer Just Bad At Comms? With James Millar

After a long holiday on the other side of the world, I’m back in action for 2025 and will be keeping up my quest to interview some of the most impactful, insightful and imaginative communicators in and around the world of politics. 

On that note and on this episode I speak to James Millar, the Godfather of Scottish Political Podcasting. 

I met James, a former columnist for the The Press & Journal, years ago when we were both Lobby hacks and many SW1-types will be familiar with the name. Others may remember his PoliticalYeti podcast. 

Now, we’ve both turned to the so-called dark-side and we subsequently discussed the UK government’s communication efforts or, rather, the lack of them. As well as James’ move to Substack and his view on the current political landscape in Britain, especially in light of Trump’s new administration.

Produced and hosted by Ian Silvera, editor of Tech, Power & Media.