As we approach the U.K. general election, called by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, here's what you need to know about contender Keir Starmer.
Labour leader Keir Starmer, who is campaigning to be the U.K.'s next Prime Minister, attends an event at Three Counties Medical School on May 29, 2024 in Worcester, United Kingdom.After five Prime Ministers in 14 years of Conservative rule—which saw the right-wing party guide policy on Brexit, the COVID-19 pandemic, and contentious immigration reform—Labour may well be on course for an election victory on July 4.
As Starmer makes his case to become the next U.K. Prime Minister this summer, here’s what to know about the British politician. He became the first member of his family to receive a university education, studying undergraduate law at the University of Leeds before pursuing a postgraduate degree from Oxford University.
“He’s dragged the party back into the center ground of British politics, which is… where elections are normally won,” Bale tells TIME, noting the differentiation Starmer has made in contrast to the ultra liberal policies that Corbyn, a “There is a kind of authoritarian streak on the right of the party, which seems to encourage some people to want to get rid of anybody on the left who might cause Starmer problems,” says Tim Bale, a professor of politics at Queen Mary, University of London. “But that’s more noise than it will focus on if elected. Its key areas of focus are investing in the country’s National Health Service , which has seen emergency wait times and care backlogs skyrocket.
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