Keir Starmer’s speech in numbers: how did it compare to previous leaders’?
His speech paid more attention to the climate crisis than any other Labour leader's, but less to the cost of…
BySir Keir Rodney Starmer is a British politician and lawyer. He has been an MP since 2015 and leader of the Labour Party since April 2020. Starmer, born in 1962, studied law at the University of Leeds and Oxford, then became a barrister specialising in human rights. In 2008 he was appointed Director of Public Prosecutions, for a five-year term. Find news, comment, and analysis about him here.
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Part one of a special double issue of the New Statesman podcast
The Westminster bubble are unconvinced by Starmer – does this matter for the future of his leadership?