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Sir Keir Starmer KCB KC (/ˈkɪər ˈstɑːrmər/; born 2 September 1962) is a British Labour Party politician, and former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom who served from 5 July 2024 (following the general election) until 20 July 2026 and was Leader of the Labour Party from 4 April 2020 to 17 July 2026, resigning from both posts. Before becoming PM, Starmer was Leader of the Opposition.
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We need to also assert who we are as a country, because Musk, again, has been interfering in our politics in the last few days, trying to whip up division – that is not who we are in Britain.
What's clear, from the CBI and others, is that there is no result that would be worse for the British economy than leaving [the EU] with no deal
The Labour Party has supported strong counter-terrorism legislation over the years and we have that commitment in our manifesto
The lady's not for turning up.
It is right for Parliament to have the first say but if we need to break the impasse, our options must include campaigning for a public vote and nobody is ruling out Remain as an option.
In fact, I hate tree huggers.
I wish the result had gone the other way. I campaigned passionately for that. But as democrats our party has to accept that result and it follows that the prime minister should not be blocked from starting the Article 50 negotiations.
There are four elections on Thursday 6 May.
We took the decision to leave and we have left. So now what we need to do is rather than just sticking with the deal we've got which is not good enough, we need to make Brexit work.
[I ask] the question of the role the police should play, if any, in civil society. Who are they protecting and from what?
Opinion piece on the Wapping dispute (1986)
[I want a partnership with the EU that] retains the benefits of the single market and the customs union
The Labour Party I lead is patriotic. It is a party of public service, not protest. It is a party of equality, justice and fairness; one that proudly puts the needs of working people above any fringe interest. It is a party that doesn't just talk about change – it delivers it.
So let me be very clear: with Labour, Britain will not go back into the EU. We will not be joining the single market. We will not be joining a customs union.
Labour would seek a transitional deal that maintains the same basic terms that we currently enjoy with the EU. That means we would seek to remain in a customs union with the EU and within the single market during this period. It means we would abide by the common rules of both.
Every time there's been the threat of a rebellion he's backed down. The one thing you get if you win the leadership of your party is the right to say 'I've won the leadership and I'm going to do this, and we're going to do it and this is what I'm saying we're going to do with the party, and we're going to do it’. He doesn't have the ability to do that because he hasn't got a mandate.
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