Keir Starmer
The Biography

THE ESTSELLER 'This will be the most important political book of the year’ MATTHEW D’ANCONA, 'The first serious and consistently readable biography of Starmer…It is a wonder that he has said so much to Baldwin' PATRICK MAGUIRE, ? 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. ‘Highly readable… Baldwin has peeled back more layers than anyone else' ROBERT SHRIMSLEY, ‘Tom Baldwin’s portrait is off a tough, conscientious, and kindly man with the right values' ANDREW MARR, ‘Rigorously researched, lucidly written and highly engaging’ FINTAN O’TOOLE, ‘Baldwin achieves his purpose of making Starmer seem more likable and less boring’ LYNN BARBER, ‘A highly informative, illuminating and insightful biography… the most complete portrait we have yet been offered’