Polls suggest Keir Starmer’s Labour party is on track for a historic victory. But despite growing support for his party, voters seem less convinced by Starmer himself. So who is Keir Starmer, and what do we know about the forces that shaped him?
His biographer Tom Baldwin It traces Starmer’s life from his childhood in Surrey with his toolmaker father and nurse mother, to his radical university years and life as a left-wing lawyer, and considers how taking on the role of Director of Public Prosecutions transformed Starmer and why some have characterised it as a sudden shift to the centre. Michael Safi Starmer’s refusal to adhere to rigid political principles could be a strength.
Starmer’s leadership of the Labour Party has overseen what many see as a purge of the left. Columnist Zoe Williams She argues that it may be difficult for many Labour supporters – and voters – to understand what Starmer stands for, or whether he even has a political vision.
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