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May 2024
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What do we really know about ‘Starmerism...

The New Statesman
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Keir Starmer is the man poised to be the next leader of the UK. But he is also a man of whom many - including those in his own party - have asked: what does he stand for? 


Four years after Starmer became leader of the Labour party we know a little more about him. We’ve heard about his childhood, the pebble-dashed semi and his time at the Crown Prosecution Service.


But what are the principles behind the man and his project ? What do we really know about ‘Starmerism’?


Freddie Hayward, political correspondent, is joined by George Eaton, senior editor, who has written this week's cover story.


Read: What is Starmerism?


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