During an interview with the New Statesman in 2020, Keir Starmer was asked whether he was still a “red-green”, as during his formative years. “Yeah!” he eagerly replied.
Starmer’s environmentalism is often underplayed in accounts of his political outlook. But it isn’t hard to find clues. He became a vegetarian 30 years ago, because “eating meat wasn’t right for the body and the planet”. His most renowned legal case – McLibel – saw him represent two environmental activists sued by McDonalds. He also defended Greenpeace against Shell over plans to dump Brent Spar, a decommissioned oil rig, in the North Atlantic.
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