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The Labour Party has virtually disappeared from view under the leadership of Keir Starmer. Hailed as a human-rights champion and political outsider, what sort of politician is he really, and what mark is he making on the new politics of Labour? In The Starmer Project, Oliver Eagleton provides a careful reading of Starmer’s record at the Crown Prosecution Service and as a member of Jeremy Corbyn’s Shadow Cabinet, tracing the political alliances he forged and the roots of his bid for the Party leadership. Starmer originally pledged to revitalise Corbynism with a dose of lawyerly competence. To understand what happened afterwards it is necessary to understand the man himself. So little remains known about Starmer that his actions are usually interpreted as overtures to others. On closer inspection, however, he is anything but an empty political vessel.

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Author:   Oliver Eagleton
Publisher:   Verso Books
Imprint:   Verso Books
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   0.223kg
ISBN:  

9781839764622

ISBN 10:   1839764627
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   26 April 2022
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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A beautifully written and balanced study, revealing of the man himself. -- Simon Jenkins, author of <i>Thatcher and Sons</i> A cogent left-wing critique. -- Andrew Grice * Independent * The meatiest biography of the leader of the opposition to date. -- Patrick Maguire * The Times *

A beautifully written and balanced study, revealing of the man himself. -Simon Jenkins, author of Thatcher and Sons

A beautifully written and balanced study, revealing of the man himself. -- Simon Jenkins, author of Thatcher and Sons

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Oliver Eagleton is an Assistant Editor at New Left Review and Sidecar. He writes on culture and politics for the Guardian, TLS, Literary Review and Novara.

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