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Dominic Penna

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Senior Political Correspondent @Telegraph | [email protected]

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Last Front PageJUN 3, 2026Latest appearance

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Blair: Starmer has no plan for Britain

Former PM launches stinging attack on Labour for refusing to leave its comfort zone

View Front PageDaily Telegraph • MAY 27, 2026

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Starmer, Reeves and Lammy all use vanishing WhatsApp messages

With:Daniel Martin,Nick Gutteridge

Daily Telegraph•JUN 3, 2026

Blair: Starmer has no plan for Britain

Former PM launches stinging attack on Labour for refusing to leave its comfort zone

With:Nick Gutteridge

Daily Telegraph•MAY 27, 2026•Lead Story

The paper leads with a critical intervention from a former Labour Prime Minister, framing the current party leadership as lacking direction and being overly cautious.

Starmer sabotages Burnham on Brexit

PM says debate could happen as challenger seeks to keep Leave voters on side

With:Tony Diver

Daily Telegraph•MAY 19, 2026•Lead Story

The paper frames the ongoing Labour debate on Europe as a deliberate internal conflict, highlighting the Prime Minister's intervention as an intentional move to undermine a regional rival.

Miliband to fight Streeting for No 10

Health Secretary expected to resign today and spark race for top job as Starmer refuses to go quietly

With:Tony Diver,Nick Gutteridge

Daily Telegraph•MAY 14, 2026•Lead Story

The paper frames the Labour leadership crisis as an active factional battle between Ed Miliband and Wes Streeting. It portrays the sitting Prime Minister as embattled but resistant to stepping down.

Streeting: I’m ready to be

Health Secretary ‘preparing a case’ for leadership if Starmer is forced to quit ahead of crucial 24 hours for Labour

With:Tony Diver,Charles Hymas

Daily Telegraph•MAY 11, 2026•Lead Story

The Telegraph frames internal Labour Party dynamics as highly unstable, focusing on potential leadership succession and suggesting Sir Keir Starmer's position is precarious.

'Toxic' Starmer kept away from local elections campaign trail

With:Nick Gutteridge

Daily Telegraph•MAY 5, 2026

Frames the Labour leader as a political liability based on his reported absence from local campaigning and internal party dynamics.

Met accuses Polanski of stoking tensions

Green leader shares online post criticising police officers who tackled terror suspect

With:Charles Hymas,Martin Evans

Daily Telegraph•MAY 1, 2026•Lead Story

The paper highlights an institutional rebuke, focusing on the Metropolitan Police Commissioner's direct criticism of a political leader's social media commentary regarding a sensitive policing incident.

Starmer pleads with MPs to save him

Prime Minister says Mandelson scandal is a 'political stunt' as he fights for survival

With:Tony Diver,Pieter Snepvangers

Daily Telegraph•APR 28, 2026•Lead Story

The paper frames the Prime Minister's position as highly precarious, using the emotive verbs 'pleads' and 'fights' to characterise his response to a political scandal ahead of a crucial vote.

'It's over': Cabinet turns on Starmer over Mandelson scandal

With:Tony Diver,Daniel Martin

Daily Telegraph•APR 23, 2026

Highlights severe internal Labour divisions and mounts pressure on the Prime Minister regarding a growing political scandal.

Starmer’s own advisers criticise defence plan

With:Daniel Martin,Tom Cotterill

Daily Telegraph•APR 15, 2026

Focuses on internal dissent within the Labour party, framing their military strategy as inadequate and dangerous.

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Paperboy tracks bylines on the front pages of major US and UK broadsheets. This page shows every front-page story attributed to Dominic Penna in our archive, based on bylines extracted from front-page images by AI. It covers only front-page stories — not the full output of this journalist. Data begins April 2026.