Keir Starmer: The Biography
- Auteur: Tom Baldwin (Engeland)
- Soort boek: biografie
- Taal: Engels
- Uitgever: William Collins
- Verschijnt: 29 februari 2024
- Omvang: 448 pagina’s
- Uitgave: gebonden boek / ebook
- Prijs: £25.00 / £12.99
- Boek bestellen bij: Bol
Flaptekst van de biografie van Labour politicus Keir Starmer
This authoritative – but not authorised – biography by Tom Baldwin provides answers by drawing deeply on many hours of interviews with the Labour leader himself, as well as unprecedented access to members of his family, his oldest friends and closest colleagues.
Together, they tell an unexpectedly intimate story filled with feelings of grief and love that has driven him on more than any rigid ideology or loyalty to a particular faction.
The book tracks Starmer’s emergence from a troubled small town background and rebellious youth, through a storied legal career as a human rights barrister and the country’s chief prosecutor, to becoming an MP relatively late in life.
Baldwin provides a vivid and compelling account of how this untypical politician then rose to be leader of his party in succession to Jeremy Corbyn, then transformed it with a ruthless rapidity that has enraged opponents from the left just as much as it has bewildered those on the right.
Above all, this is a book that should be read by anyone who wants to understand how someone who has too often been underestimated or dismissed as dull, now intends to change Britain.
Tom Baldwin Keir Starmer Biografie recensie
- “It tells us much we need to know about the man who will be prime minister… The access is so comprehensive and his subject so uncharacteristically candid that exploring this private world can almost feel prurient… At times it is unclear whether Starmer grasps the significance of what he has done in cooperating with this biography.” (Patrick Maguire, The Times)
- “This story, told with sensitivity and simplicity, offers readers an insight into the question voters across Britain will ask this year: who really is our possible next prime minister? The picture painted of Sir Keir’s motivations and make-up is skillfully done, with all the nuance kept in; [it will] engage any reader hoping to understand the man who may be running Britain come the end of the year.” (Ben Riley-Smith, Daily Telegraph)
- “This compelling book sheds much-needed light on the real Keir Starmer.” (The Scotsman)
- “As intimate an insight into Britain’s likely next Prime Minister as readers are probably going to get… and crucial to understanding what makes him tick.” (Gaby Hinsliff, The Guardian)