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{{Infobox politician|name=Keir Starmer|image_size= | {{Infobox politician|name=Keir Starmer|image_size=260|birth_date={{birth date and age|df=y|1962|9|2}}|birth_place=Southwark, [[London]], [[England]], [[United Kingdom]]|political_orientation=[[Imperialism]]<br>[[Neoliberalism]]|political_party=[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]]|image=Keir Starmer.png}} | ||
'''Keir Rodney Starmer''' (born 2 September 1962) is a [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|British]] politician and | '''Keir Rodney Starmer''' (born 2 September 1962) is a [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|British]] politician and lawyer who served as [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] from 2024 to 2026. He also served as Leader of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] from 2020 to 2026. Previously he served as [[Director of Public Prosecutions (England and Wales)|Director of Public Prosecutions]] from 2008 to 2013 and held various shadow cabinet positions under [[Jeremy Corbyn]]. | ||
He participated in the prosecution of [[Julian Assange]] and wants to increase [[police]] presence in [[Proletariat|proletarian]] communities.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Lowkey|newspaper=[[MintPress News]]|title=The Shady Past of Keir Starmer, with Oliver Eagleton|date=2023-03-30|url=https://www.mintpressnews.com/keir-starmers-shady-past-with-oliver-eagleton/284193/|retrieved=2023-03-30}}</ref> After taking over from Corbyn he pushed the Labour Party to the right and purged many followers of his predecessor marking a move away from [[social democracy]] and back to [[neoliberalism]].<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|author=[[Lowkey]]|newspaper=[[MintPress News]]|title=Power Obsessions: The Shadowy Path of UK Labour's Keir Starmer, with Matt Kennard|date=2023-08-02|url=https://www.mintpressnews.com/power-obsessions-shadowy-path-uk-labours-keir-starmer-matt-kennard/285414/|retrieved=2023-08-03}}</ref> | |||
== Early life == | == Early life == | ||
On 2 September 1962 Starmer was born in Southwark, [[London]]. His father ran a small toolmaking business and his mother was a [[NHS]] nurse. They settled in Oxted, Surrey an affluent town, where he attended Reigate state grammar school from 1974 to 1981. Reigate became a fee-paying school whilst Starmer was still in attendance but his cohort did not yet have to pay fees. | On 2 September 1962 Starmer was born in Southwark, [[London]]. His father ran a small toolmaking business and his mother was a [[NHS]] nurse. They settled in Oxted, Surrey an affluent town, where he attended Reigate state grammar school from 1974 to 1981. Reigate became a fee-paying school whilst Starmer was still in attendance but his cohort did not yet have to pay fees.{{sfn|Eagleton|2022|p=9-10}} | ||
At sixteen Starmer joined the [[Labour Party Young Socialists]] where he canvassed for [[James Callaghan]] to be [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|Prime Minister]] during the 1979 general election. He originally wanted to study politics but was persuaded to study law at Leeds University and he received a bachelors degree in 1985 before going on to study at St Edmund Hall, Oxford for postgraduate. In 1986 Starmer became an editor for [[Socialist Alternatives]], a [[Trotskyism|Trotskyist]] magazine representing the British section of the [[International Revolutionary Marxist Tendency]] (IRCM). | At sixteen Starmer joined the [[Labour Party Young Socialists]] where he canvassed for [[James Callaghan]] to be [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|Prime Minister]] during the 1979 general election. He originally wanted to study politics but was persuaded to study law at Leeds University and he received a bachelors degree in 1985 before going on to study at St Edmund Hall, Oxford for postgraduate. In 1986 Starmer became an editor for [[Socialist Alternatives]], a [[Trotskyism|Trotskyist]] magazine representing the British section of the [[International Revolutionary Marxist Tendency]] (IRCM).{{sfn|Eagleton|2022|p=10-14}} | ||
== Legal career == | == Legal career == | ||
=== Barrister === | === Barrister === | ||
In 1987 Starmer became a barrister and shed his association with Socialist Alternatives to joined up with [[Liberty (advocacy group)|Liberty]], a human rights advocacy group, and his politics moved towards [[centrism]]. | In 1987 Starmer became a barrister and shed his association with Socialist Alternatives to joined up with [[Liberty (advocacy group)|Liberty]], a human rights advocacy group, and his politics moved towards [[centrism]].{{sfn|Eagleton|2022|p=14-15}} | ||
On 25 October 2003 the Firle Bonfire Society stole a caravan, wheeled it through the streets and set it alight with effigies of [[traveller]] children inside to the cheers of the crowd. The incident was part of a campaign of intimidation against the Sussex traveller population but when it was brought to the [[Crown Prosecution Service]] the case was handed to Queen's Counsel Starmer who dismissed the charges of [[Racism|racial prejudice]] as unserious and the mob walked free. | On 25 October 2003 the Firle Bonfire Society stole a caravan, wheeled it through the streets and set it alight with effigies of [[traveller]] children inside to the cheers of the crowd. The incident was part of a campaign of intimidation against the Sussex traveller population but when it was brought to the [[Crown Prosecution Service]] the case was handed to Queen's Counsel Starmer who dismissed the charges of [[Racism|racial prejudice]] as unserious and the mob walked free.{{sfn|Eagleton|2022|p=8}} | ||
=== Director of Public Prosecutions === | === Director of Public Prosecutions === | ||
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== Political Career == | == Political Career == | ||
=== Member of parliament === | |||
He was elected to Parliament in the 2015 general election as the MP for Hoborn and St Pancras. He served as Shadow Immigration Minister (2015-2016), and later was reappointed by Corbyn as Shadow Secretary of State for [[Brexit]] (2016-2020).<ref name=":1" /> | |||
=== Leader of the Labour Party === | |||
In April 2020, Starmer was elected as Leader of the Labour Party.<ref name=":1" /> | In April 2020, Starmer was elected as Leader of the Labour Party.<ref name=":1" /> | ||
== Premiership == | |||
In the July 4, 2024 general election the Labour Party won a landslide victory allowing Starmer to become Prime Minister. However, due to Starmer driving the Labour Party to the right, the party's victory was not due to Labour's popularity, rather due to the implosion of the Conservative Party, with Labour going down in total votes in comparison to the Corbyn era.<ref name=":3" /> Starmer himself in his own seat lost 17% of votes compared to the last election achieving only 18,884 votes with a large protest vote of 7,312 against Starmer's policy on [[State of Palestine|Palestine]] going to anti-[[apartheid]] candidate [[Andrew Feinstein]] who ran as an independent and came second place.<ref name=":4" /> | |||
Under Starmer, Labour continued the [[Tony Blair|Blairite]] strategy of complete servitude to the [[United States of America|United States]] in foreign affairs. His government as such contributed to supporting [[State of Israel|Israel]] with their [[Israel-Gaza war and genocide|genocide]], providing arms, surveillance flights, and international cover to the [[Zionism|Zionist]] regime. Meanwhile at home he cracked down on pro-[[State of Palestine|Palestinian]] protests, even going so far as to redefine the legal definition of [[terrorism]] to include the anti-genocide protestors and proscribing activist group [[Palestine Action]].<ref name=":2">{{Web citation|author=Evan Robins|newspaper=[[The Nation]]|title=Keir Starmer’s Failure Is Nearly Complete|date=2026-02-13|url=https://www.thenation.com/article/world/keir-starmer-peter-mandelson-scandal-epstein/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260511205553/https://www.thenation.com/article/world/keir-starmer-peter-mandelson-scandal-epstein/|archive-date=2026-05-11}}</ref> | |||
Domestically Starmer continued the [[Neoliberalism|neo-liberal]] doctrine and provided corporations with favourable conditions, inviting companies such as [[OpenAI]] to penetrate education, defence, the [[NHS]] and the justice system. Starmer also mimicked the far-right [[Reform UK]] on [[immigration]], pushing for cruel and [[Racism|racist]] practises such as demonisation of asylum seekers, inhumane restrictions on family reunion, and the introduction of extended timelines to legal settlement in an attempt to curb the inflow of non-white people.<ref name=":2" /> | |||
=== Resignation === | |||
Starmer's popularity consistently lowered throughout his premiership and he faced constant calls to resign with U-turns over policy and the appointment of [[Peter Mandelson]], a close friend of paedophile [[Jeffrey Epstein]], as ambassador to the U.S. weakening his position. With a devastating defeat in the May 2026 local elections where Labour lost 1,498 councillors and lost control of 38 councils, ministers started resigning over Starmer's failing leadership. Starmer refused to resign for weeks after this but after the decisive victory of [[Andy Burnham]] in the Makerfield by-election, Starmer resigned as Prime Minister on June 22 with him staying in place until Burnham was selected as Labour Leader on July 17th with him finally leaving on July 20th.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Harriet Williamson|newspaper=[[Novara Media]]|title=Keir Starmer Resigns As Prime Minister|date=2026-06-22|url=https://novaramedia.com/2026/06/22/keir-starmer-resigns-as-prime-minister/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260623114049/https://novaramedia.com/2026/06/22/keir-starmer-resigns-as-prime-minister/|archive-date=2026-06-23}}</ref><ref>{{Web citation|author=Andrew Macaskill and Elizabeth Piper|newspaper=[[Reuters]]|title=Andy Burnham, 'King of the North', becomes Britain's prime minister|date=2026-07-20|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/defeat-downing-street-rise-fall-return-andy-burnham-2026-07-17/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260724171816/https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/defeat-downing-street-rise-fall-return-andy-burnham-2026-07-17/|archive-date=2026-07-24}}</ref> | |||
== Policies == | == Policies == | ||
In 2023 Labour announced that the pledge of free school meals for all was going to be scrapped. Labour plans to increase the number of [[Ofsted]] inspections of school to yearly. Labour has pledged to continue the two-child cap on child benefits, the removal of which would have lifted 250,000 children out of poverty at the cost of £1.3 billion, this action has earned the Labour leader the nickname of “Sir Kid Starver”.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Robert Poole|newspaper=Morning Star|title=Enter ‘Sir Kid Starver’|date=2023-07-19|url=https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/f/enter-sir-kid-starver}}</ref> | In 2023 Labour announced that the pledge of free school meals for all was going to be scrapped. Labour plans to increase the number of [[Ofsted]] inspections of school to yearly. Labour has pledged to continue the two-child cap on child benefits, the removal of which would have lifted 250,000 children out of poverty at the cost of £1.3 billion, this action has earned the Labour leader the nickname of “Sir Kid Starver”.<ref name=":3">{{Web citation|author=Robert Poole|newspaper=Morning Star|title=Enter ‘Sir Kid Starver’|date=2023-07-19|url=https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/f/enter-sir-kid-starver}}</ref> | ||
Despite, the Labour Party's insistence it is left-wing, Starmer | Despite, the Labour Party's insistence it is left-wing, Starmer refused to even commit to the idea of repealing Anti-Strike Laws.<ref name=":4">{{Web citation|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|title=Labour refuses to promise repeal of planned Tory anti-strike laws|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/dec/08/labour-refusing-to-promise-repeal-of-tory-anti-strike-laws|retrieved=2023-12-02}}</ref> | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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== Sources == | |||
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* {{Citation|last=Eagleton|first=Oliver|year=2022|title=The Starmer Project: A Journey to the Right|title-url=https://annas-archive.gl/md5/e2cc954a1e9e7305fd71ff6ecb5a491f|publisher=Verso Books|isbn=978-1-83976-462-2}} | |||
* {{Citation|last=Holden|first=Paul|year=2025|title=The Fraud: Keir Starmer, Morgan McSweeney, and the Crisis of British Democracy|title-url=https://annas-archive.gl/md5/c53d9abb8caca2f4815a7ba4c87328df|publisher=OR Books|isbn=978-1-68219-599-4}} | |||
{{Refend}} | |||
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Latest revision as of 12:07, 24 August 2026
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| Born | 2 September 1962 Southwark, London, England, United Kingdom |
| Political orientation | Imperialism Neoliberalism |
| Political party | Labour Party |
Keir Rodney Starmer (born 2 September 1962) is a British politician and lawyer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2024 to 2026. He also served as Leader of the Labour Party from 2020 to 2026. Previously he served as Director of Public Prosecutions from 2008 to 2013 and held various shadow cabinet positions under Jeremy Corbyn.
He participated in the prosecution of Julian Assange and wants to increase police presence in proletarian communities.[1] After taking over from Corbyn he pushed the Labour Party to the right and purged many followers of his predecessor marking a move away from social democracy and back to neoliberalism.[2]
Early life[edit | edit source]
On 2 September 1962 Starmer was born in Southwark, London. His father ran a small toolmaking business and his mother was a NHS nurse. They settled in Oxted, Surrey an affluent town, where he attended Reigate state grammar school from 1974 to 1981. Reigate became a fee-paying school whilst Starmer was still in attendance but his cohort did not yet have to pay fees.[3]
At sixteen Starmer joined the Labour Party Young Socialists where he canvassed for James Callaghan to be Prime Minister during the 1979 general election. He originally wanted to study politics but was persuaded to study law at Leeds University and he received a bachelors degree in 1985 before going on to study at St Edmund Hall, Oxford for postgraduate. In 1986 Starmer became an editor for Socialist Alternatives, a Trotskyist magazine representing the British section of the International Revolutionary Marxist Tendency (IRCM).[4]
Legal career[edit | edit source]
Barrister[edit | edit source]
In 1987 Starmer became a barrister and shed his association with Socialist Alternatives to joined up with Liberty, a human rights advocacy group, and his politics moved towards centrism.[5]
On 25 October 2003 the Firle Bonfire Society stole a caravan, wheeled it through the streets and set it alight with effigies of traveller children inside to the cheers of the crowd. The incident was part of a campaign of intimidation against the Sussex traveller population but when it was brought to the Crown Prosecution Service the case was handed to Queen's Counsel Starmer who dismissed the charges of racial prejudice as unserious and the mob walked free.[6]
Director of Public Prosecutions[edit | edit source]
In 2008, Starmer became Director of Public Prosecutions, putting him at the head of the Crown Prosecution Service, which prosecuted 800,000 people every year. He also secretly served on the Trilateral Commission, which is connected to the Statesian secret police.[2]
He received a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II in 2014 for his career as a lawyer.[7]
Political Career[edit | edit source]
Member of parliament[edit | edit source]
He was elected to Parliament in the 2015 general election as the MP for Hoborn and St Pancras. He served as Shadow Immigration Minister (2015-2016), and later was reappointed by Corbyn as Shadow Secretary of State for Brexit (2016-2020).[7]
Leader of the Labour Party[edit | edit source]
In April 2020, Starmer was elected as Leader of the Labour Party.[7]
Premiership[edit | edit source]
In the July 4, 2024 general election the Labour Party won a landslide victory allowing Starmer to become Prime Minister. However, due to Starmer driving the Labour Party to the right, the party's victory was not due to Labour's popularity, rather due to the implosion of the Conservative Party, with Labour going down in total votes in comparison to the Corbyn era.[8] Starmer himself in his own seat lost 17% of votes compared to the last election achieving only 18,884 votes with a large protest vote of 7,312 against Starmer's policy on Palestine going to anti-apartheid candidate Andrew Feinstein who ran as an independent and came second place.[9]
Under Starmer, Labour continued the Blairite strategy of complete servitude to the United States in foreign affairs. His government as such contributed to supporting Israel with their genocide, providing arms, surveillance flights, and international cover to the Zionist regime. Meanwhile at home he cracked down on pro-Palestinian protests, even going so far as to redefine the legal definition of terrorism to include the anti-genocide protestors and proscribing activist group Palestine Action.[10]
Domestically Starmer continued the neo-liberal doctrine and provided corporations with favourable conditions, inviting companies such as OpenAI to penetrate education, defence, the NHS and the justice system. Starmer also mimicked the far-right Reform UK on immigration, pushing for cruel and racist practises such as demonisation of asylum seekers, inhumane restrictions on family reunion, and the introduction of extended timelines to legal settlement in an attempt to curb the inflow of non-white people.[10]
Resignation[edit | edit source]
Starmer's popularity consistently lowered throughout his premiership and he faced constant calls to resign with U-turns over policy and the appointment of Peter Mandelson, a close friend of paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, as ambassador to the U.S. weakening his position. With a devastating defeat in the May 2026 local elections where Labour lost 1,498 councillors and lost control of 38 councils, ministers started resigning over Starmer's failing leadership. Starmer refused to resign for weeks after this but after the decisive victory of Andy Burnham in the Makerfield by-election, Starmer resigned as Prime Minister on June 22 with him staying in place until Burnham was selected as Labour Leader on July 17th with him finally leaving on July 20th.[11][12]
Policies[edit | edit source]
In 2023 Labour announced that the pledge of free school meals for all was going to be scrapped. Labour plans to increase the number of Ofsted inspections of school to yearly. Labour has pledged to continue the two-child cap on child benefits, the removal of which would have lifted 250,000 children out of poverty at the cost of £1.3 billion, this action has earned the Labour leader the nickname of “Sir Kid Starver”.[8]
Despite, the Labour Party's insistence it is left-wing, Starmer refused to even commit to the idea of repealing Anti-Strike Laws.[9]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Lowkey (2023-03-30). "The Shady Past of Keir Starmer, with Oliver Eagleton" MintPress News. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lowkey (2023-08-02). "Power Obsessions: The Shadowy Path of UK Labour's Keir Starmer, with Matt Kennard" MintPress News. Retrieved 2023-08-03.
- ↑ Eagleton 2022, p. 9-10.
- ↑ Eagleton 2022, p. 10-14.
- ↑ Eagleton 2022, p. 14-15.
- ↑ Eagleton 2022, p. 8.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "Keir Starmer" (2023). Labour Party UK. Retrieved 2023-12-02.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Robert Poole (2023-07-19). "Enter ‘Sir Kid Starver’" Morning Star.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Labour refuses to promise repeal of planned Tory anti-strike laws". The Guardian. Retrieved 2023-12-02.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Evan Robins (2026-02-13). "Keir Starmer’s Failure Is Nearly Complete" The Nation. Archived from the original on 2026-05-11.
- ↑ Harriet Williamson (2026-06-22). "Keir Starmer Resigns As Prime Minister" Novara Media. Archived from the original on 2026-06-23.
- ↑ Andrew Macaskill and Elizabeth Piper (2026-07-20). "Andy Burnham, 'King of the North', becomes Britain's prime minister" Reuters. Archived from the original on 2026-07-24.
Sources[edit | edit source]
- Eagleton, Oliver (2022). The Starmer Project: A Journey to the Right. Verso Books. ISBN 978-1-83976-462-2
- Holden, Paul (2025). The Fraud: Keir Starmer, Morgan McSweeney, and the Crisis of British Democracy. OR Books. ISBN 978-1-68219-599-4