With the U.K. Labour Party poised to return to power after 14 years of Conservative rule, the main appeal of the man set to take power may be his dullness.
London — When Keir Starmer was elected to lead Britain 's Labour Party in 2020, right after the party suffered its worst general election defeat in 85 years, he made it his mission to make the party 'electable.'Four years later, and after 14 years of governments led by the rival Conservative Party , Starmer is poised to take Britain 's top job.
He irked many by backtracking on several key pledges, including that Labour would increase income tax, scrap university tuition fees and nationalize the majority of Britain's public services.He has also come under fire for Labour's screeching u-turn on a green investment pledge worth more than $35 billion annually, and for equivocating on alleged Israeli war crimes in Gaza, despite his legal background.
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