Rishi Sunak, not Keir Starmer, is now the leader under pressure
A resumption of the Tory civil war would be yet another gift for the ever-fortunate Labour leader.
ByKeir Starmer
Keir Rodney Starmer is a Labour Party politician who became Prime Minister on 5 July 2024. He has been MP for Holborn and St Pancras since 2015 and leader of Labour 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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Rod Stewart has become an unlikely hero on the left – and it’s all thanks to Carolyn Harris
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Letter of the week: The NS great and the good
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Uproar over Keir Starmer’s stance on LGBTQ issues
This isn’t the first time the Labour leader has got in trouble for hanging out with certain religious types.
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