Who is Keir Starmer? When Keir Starmer won the Labour Party Leadership election in April 2020, the expectation was that he would quickly become a fierce Leader of the Opposition as a former director of public prosecutions, human-rights barrister and genuinely keen football supporter. Instead, his performance was not as surefooted as his supporters had hoped for, or his opponents feared. Four years later, he is Prime Minister nonetheless. But more because of the self-inflicted harm by Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak than because of the clear idea what Starmer stands for as a person. This biography seeks to uncover the real man behind the politician.
Reviews
INDEPENDENT 'The authentic younger Starmer... locate[s] him in the party's long march to electability... tell[s] us important things' John Rentoul; TELEGRAPH Book Club podcast 'What Westminster is reading'; THE CRITIC 'Cawthorne makes clear that Starmer is a strong advocate of the state judging who does or does not deserve to flourish in his ideal nation.'; REACTION 'A limpid biography at its finest... interesting and necessary' Oliver Rhodes; TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT 'Exhaustive... The Starmer realised here is fascinating... Superbly written.' James O'Brien; HERALD 'This biography's success is that it illuminates those aspects of Keir Starmer in a way a political biography could not.' Jon Coles; THE HOUSE 'Rich pickings for a biographer' Alan Johnson MP; SKY 'The unauthorised biographer.' Adam Boulton - ALL OUT POLITICS; SOCIALIST WORKER 'Useful... all fact.'; LBC 'Interesting... a very shy and private person.' Andrew Pierce; 'Good on his legal career, and ... grammar school, new to me.' Andrew Sparrow, Senior Political Correspondent GUARDIAN



Book Information
ISBN 9781783341597
Author Nigel Cawthorne
Format Paperback
Page Count 224
Imprint Gibson Square Books Ltd
Publisher Gibson Square Books Ltd