Labour leader Keir Starmer is often called dull. But he might be Britain's next prime minister

Release time：2024-06-03 17:11:04 Source：Stellar Signals news portal

LONDON (AP) — Dutiful, managerial, a bit dull – Keir Starmer is no one’s idea of a firebrand politician.

The Labour Party hopes that is just what Britain needs. Starmer, the center-left party’s 61-year-old leader, is current favorite to win the country’s July 4 election.

Starmer has spent four years as opposition leader dragging his social democratic party from the left towards the political middle ground. His message to voters is that a Labour government will bring change -- of the reassuring rather than scary kind.

“A vote for Labour is a vote for stability – economic and political,” Starmer said after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called the election on Wednesday.

If Labour wins the election, Starmer will become the first Labour prime minister since 2010.

A lawyer who served as chief prosecutor for England and Wales between 2008 and 2013, Starmer is caricatured by opponents as a “lefty London lawyer.” He was knighted for his role leading the Crown Prosecution Service, and Conservative opponents like to use his title, Sir Keir Starner, to paint him as elite and out of touch.

Related articles