On September 19, the head of the UK opposition met with Emmanuel Macron at the Elyéee Palace. The former human rights attorney is carefully establishing himself. As a potential future prime minister with just one year until the general election.
A potential future leader of the opposition
Keir Starmer is honing his face as a prospective future prime minister with one year till the general election. Following trips to Canada and the Netherlands, the 61-year-old leader of the British Labor. Opposition was welcomed by President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysée Palace on September 19. A leader typically only meets the head of another country’s opposition if they are from their own political group. This is why the Conservative majority found France’s break from tradition to be upsetting. However, given that Labour leads by at least 15 points in the polls, few Conservatives think they can win. The 13 years of Tory dominance, the scandals of the Boris Johnson period. And Liz’s terrible term seem to have worn on the British people.
A politician turned attorney
Keir Starmer, who was elected to the parliament in 2015, approaches politics with the same rigor he did when serving as the director of public prosecutions for England and Wales. Starmer, a prominent human rights attorney, ousted everyone who didn’t take anti-Semitism claims seriously, including Jeremy Corbyn himself, after succeeding him as Labour leader in April 2020. He then eliminated potential competitors and those lacking significant power experience. His detractors claim they have trouble comprehending his beliefs and think he is more motivated by winning than by upholding principles.
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advocate for the moderate left
Labour needs to take the middle ground if it hopes to win the election, and Starmer has done just that. He has created policies characterized by financial restraint and a tough stance on immigration and security, while marginalizing the left wing of the party (the Corbynistas). He has pledged to repeal rules that restrict the right to strike, but he won’t commit to raising social security benefits. Even his ambitious goal to invest 32 billion euros annually in the green economy has been scaled back. He won’t publicly support the labor unions and slams climate activists when they cause trouble.
