Critics say British Labour Party leader Keir Starmer is dutiful, managerial and a bit dull. The 61-year-old Labour leader is the current favorite to win the country’s July 4 election. Starmer has dragged his social democratic party from the left towards the political middle ground.
FILE - Britain’s Shadow Brexit Secretary Keir Starmer speaks on stage during the Labour Party Conference at the Brighton Centre in Brighton, England, Monday, Sept. 23, 2019. FILE - Keir Starmer, second right, of the Labour party listens to Leader of the opposition Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn ’s speech laying out the plan for the party following the Brexit vote in June 2016, in London , Friday, Feb. 24, 2017.
Married with two teenage children, Starmer stresses his everyman credentials, especially his love of soccer and support for the Premier League team Arsenal, and his working-class roots. He is the son of a toolmaker and a nurse who named him after Keir Hardie, the Labour Party’s first leader.
Starmer was a strong opponent of Britain’s decision to leave the European Union, though now says a Labour government would not seek to reverse it. His leadership has coincided with a turbulent period that saw Britain go through the COVID-19 pandemic, leave the EU, absorb the economic shock of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and endure economic turmoil fromVoters are weary from a cost-of-living crisis, a wave of public sector strikes and political turmoil that saw the Conservative Party dispatch two prime ministers within weeks in 2022 —Starmer imposed discipline on a party with a well-earned reputation for internal division, ditched some of...
Some on Labour’s left have grumbled at his centrist approach and what they see as unambitious policies. He watered down a pledge to spend billions investing in green technology, saying a Labour government would not borrow more to fund public spending.
United Kingdom Elections London General News Global Elections Europe Rishi Sunak World News I Jeremy Corbyn Voting Politics
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Labour leader Keir Starmer is often called dull. But he might be Britain's next prime ministerCritics say British Labour Party leader Keir Starmer is dutiful, managerial and a bit dull
Read more »
Labour leader Keir Starmer is often called dull. But he might be Britain's next prime ministerCritics say British Labour Party leader Keir Starmer is dutiful, managerial and a bit dull.
Read more »
Keir Starmer calls for duty of candour law after blood scandalThe Labour leader says public servants should be compelled by law to tell the truth, following the infected blood scandal.
Read more »
U.K. local elections: Sunak, Conservatives face Starmer, Labour ahead of general electionThe Associated Press
Read more »
Keir Starmer seems set to become UK prime minister on July 5. Will that affect US relations?British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has called a snap general election for July 4. Labour Party leader Keir Starmer is highly likely to replace Sunak.
Read more »
Brexit’s Farage Predicts ‘Very Low Turnout’ for UK Election with ‘Boring’ Sunak and StarmerSource of breaking news and analysis, insightful commentary and original reporting, curated and written specifically for the new generation of independent and conservative thinkers.
Read more »