Keir Starmer, the human rights lawyer who brought Labour back into power • FRANCE 24 English

but it is whether amid a crowd of workers on a football pitch or surrounded by supporters K starma has focused his campaign on a promise of change we’ve now had 14 years of chaos of division and failure and the choice is to bring that to an end to turn the page and start to rebuild with labor the 61-year-old took charge of Labor in 2020 after the party suffered a historic electoral defeat under former leader Jeremy Corbin the previous year he has sought to move the party away from Corbin’s more overtly socialist policies previously a human rights lawyer who progressed to become Britain’s top prosecutor starma became an MP in 2015 his critics describe him as uncharismatic and unambitious and of failing to lay out a clear vision during his campaign but labor has nonetheless seen its popularity increase under his leadership one of starmer’s former colleagues remembers him as having a tiess work ethic which he believes starma will apply to the role of prime minister he’ll be very committed he’ll be very focused on the detail of what he’s having to do at the particular time is a brilliant lawyer uh very thorough very hardworking um very focused on the case he’s doing at that time and um he made a great success for himself as a young civil liberties Barrister in that era the son of a nurse and a tool maker St has pledged careful management of the economy as part of a growth plan that includes improving the state of the UK stretched Public Services

UK Labour leader Keir Starmer is a former human rights lawyer and public prosecutor who will have to focus his relentless work ethic and methodical mind to fixing the country. If exit polls are confirmed, at 61, Starmer will be the oldest person to become British prime minister in almost half a century—and comes just nine years since he was first elected to parliament. FRANCE 24’s Charlotte Hughes has more.

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15 comments

  4. More "uncharismatic" and "boring" leaders please!
    No more theatrical and performative politicians who should really be in show business instead.

  6. He didn’t bring labour back to power….what nonsense. The Torries did….if Garfield ran against them he’d win too…🙄

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