Keir Starmer has revived Labor Party’s flag after being elected as United Kingdom Prime Minister which ended 14 years of Conservatives Party rule.
According to the Electoral Commission, the Labour party clinched 412 seats in parliament versus 121 for the Conservatives the fewest seats in their history.
In his victory speech, the Prime minister-elect expressed his joy as he affirmed that his reign was the start of change.
“We did it, Change begins now, I will govern for every single person in this country.” affirmed Keir.
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Keir Starmer ‘s Background
Keir Starmer was born on September 2, 1962, in Oxted town in the outskirts of London.
He is the second born Iin the family of Josephine Starmer, a nurse at the national health service, and Rodney Starmer a tool maker.
His mother was ill and forced to Josephine was forced to give up her job after being diagnosed with Still’s Disease, an autoimmune condition.
Both of his parents have passed away, his mother shortly before he was elected to parliament in 2015, and his father in 2018.
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However, Starmer had previously spoken of his regret of not being close with his father, who he described as ‘difficult’ and ‘complicated’.
In a past interview, Keir Starmer said that he was the first member of his family to graduate from university with first-class honors and a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1985.
A talented musician, Starmer had violin lessons at school with Norman Cook, the former Housemartins bassist who became DJ Fatboy Slim.
After legal studies at the Universities of Leeds and Oxford, Starmer turned his attention to leftist causes, defending trade unions, anti-McDonald’s activists and death row inmates abroad.
The elected Prime minister married his wife Victoria Keir Starmer in 2007.
Victoria’s father is a practicing Jew, and she is raising both of their children in the Jewish faith, though neither parent says they are particularly religious.
She previously worked as a solicitor, and the couple met when she drew up documents for a case Keir was working on.
Keir Political Career
Keir has also served as the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for England and Wales when Labour’s Gordon Brown was Prime Minister.
Between 2008 and 2013, he oversaw the prosecution of MPs for abusing their expenses, journalists for phone-hacking, and young rioters involved in unrest across England.
He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II, but rarely uses the prefix “Sir”. He was elected as a member of parliament in 2015 representing a seat in left-leaning North London.
A year after becoming an MP, Starmer joined a group of Labour lawmakers in opposing radical left-winger Jeremy Corbyn’s perceived lack of leadership during the EU referendum campaign.
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It failed, and later that year he rejoined the top team as Labour’s Brexit spokesman where he remained until succeeding Corbyn after he took the party to its worst defeat since 1935 in the last election five years ago.
Starmer moved the party back to the more electable center ground, purging Corbyn and rooting out anti-Semitism.
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