Labour Party leader now leads a Britain riven by division and uncertainty about its past, present, and future
After landslide win in UK election, Starmer now leads a Britain riven by division and uncertainty about its past, present and futureLabour Party leader Keir Starmer with his wife Victoria as they arrive at a polling station to place their votes in the UK general election on July 4th in London. Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty ImagesPeople who know Starmer well say his father gave him more than a handy election soundbite.
The things his father gave him and, just as importantly, the things that he did not – warmth, a loving embrace – have helped to mould Starmer into the man he is and the prime minister that he will be. Speaking when he was publicising the book, Keir Starmer: The Biography, earlier this year, Baldwin said the Labour leader had originally recruited him to ghostwrite an autobiography in Starmer’s voice. The politician later pulled out of the project but agreed to co-operate with Baldwin on a biography written by the journalist.
Keir Starmer with his wife Victoria, his dad Rodney and his mum Josephine. Photograph: Keir Starmer/Instagram He still wears a Donegal GAA jersey that he bought during his time in Ireland when he plays football with his friends. His first trip abroad after he got married was to Ireland, which was also the first country he officially visited after he became Labour leader.
The family lived in a small pebbledashed house near Oxted in Surrey, south of London. Money was tight. Starmer’s father, who wouldn’t allow his children to have a television or even to speak while eating meals, ensured the atmosphere in the house could be difficult at times. It was thawed only by the warmth of the children’s mother, who showered them with love despite her physical pain.
Five years after the signing of the Belfast Agreement, he was recruited to advise the policing board in the North. In 2008, the former human rights lawyer pivoted to work on the other side of the legal fence and was appointed to head Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service . Starmer has likened this to running a government department and he leaned on this experience to bolster his credentials in the election campaign.
“The guy is not perfect,” said Baldwin. “He doesn’t do the performative side of politics. He lacks many of the political skills to do what he wants to do. He talks about leading a decade of national renewal. How are you going to do that if you can’t inspire people?” “Perhaps the attributes that don’t make him a good politician might make him a good prime minister. He won’t be bound to a faction.”
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