Red Knight: The Unauthorised Biography of Sir Keir Starmer

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Prior to this he showed his authoritarian instincts while prosecuting peaceful demonstrators at the 2009 G20 in London. The Bodley Head will publish in either autumn 2024 or early 2025, depending when the general election occurs.

Overall, there are aspects where the choice of words is used to press a point of negativity or behaviour [by Starmer] that does not fit with the author's view of a hard left Labour party. Why did he live in a flat above a sauna in north London in the late 80s, when “some of his later flatmates were young women. And none of them will do anything to seriously tackle the climate catastrophe that is looming before us, and which will be a bigger threat than the World Wars.

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. They were and still are sanctioned to engage in deceit on behalf of the state to the point where some officers had sexual relationships resulting in children with left-wing peaceful activists.

The reason it was so confusing was, according to Oliver Eagleton - Keir Starmer, at the time the shadow Brexit minister.Although perfectly nice guy and a competent politician, as a chief protagonist, he doesn't offer a great deal to work with. His dead letter list of pledges from that election has caused him quite enough trouble, with cries of dishonesty from the left. It smacks of Starmer's indecision, deciding to reinstate Corbyn, then deciding not to after being besieged by leading Jewish members of the party. Oliver Eagleton says it was a deliberate ploy by Starmer, arguing that either way he would come out on top.

K. Labour Party, a notoriously factional organisation, and the number of stars reviewers award it will probably tell you more about the individual reviewer’s political stance than the book itself. This for me was the most interesting chapter as there are some good insights and inputs from people who worked in Millbank, LOTO (prior to Corbyn's departure) and other MPs and Labour party officials. An Examination of the UK's Defence Capability ; Jacob's Ladder: The Unauthorised Biography of Jacob Rees-Mogg ; Going for Broke: The Rise of Rishi Sunak ; and Unfair Game: An Exposé of South Africa's Captive-Bred Lion Industry . Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages.In an unusual departure from the norms of the genre, Michael Ashcroft begins his unauthorised biography of Keir Starmer, Red Knight, with a lengthy peroration about himself.