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Keir Starmer: The Sunday Times Bestselling Biography of The New Labour Prime Minister, The Essential Political Must Read After The 2024 UK General Election Kindle Edition

by Tom Baldwin (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
Amazon Charts #13 this week
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THE BESTSELLING BIOGRAPHY OF THE NEW BRITISH PRIME MINISTER

‘Required reading for anyone who has an interest in who governs Britain' ALASTAIR CAMPBELL

'This will be the most important political book of the year’ MATTHEW D’ANCONA, EVENING STANDARD

This authoritative – but not authorised – biography by Tom Baldwin provides answers by drawing deeply on many hours of interviews with Prime Minister 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.

'The first serious and consistently readable biography of Starmer…It is a wonder that he has said so much to Baldwin' PATRICK MAGUIRE, THE TIMES

'This is an absolutely riveting and very timely biography' AMOL RAJAN

‘Highly readable… Baldwin has peeled back more layers than anyone else' ROBERT SHRIMSLEY, FINANCIAL TIMES

‘Tom Baldwin’s portrait is of a tough, conscientious, and kindly man with the right values' ANDREW MARR, NEW STATESMAN

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    29 Feb. 2024
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Customers find the book a good read with a humble background. They also find the biography fascinating and well-written. Readers also find it insightful.

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Customers find the book's content insightful, authoritative, and thorough. They also say it's an excellent biography.

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"The book is easy to read and informative. Strongly recommended." Read more

"Interesting biography of our likely next P.M. Useful & informative. From back street to Downing Street via Buckingham Palace methinks. Reassuring...." Read more

"...Very insightful. A warning, if you like of the perils of voting for Conservatives at the next GE. #VoteLabour2024." Read more

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Customers find the book gripping, entertaining, and thought-provoking. They also say it's beautifully written and full of unexpected detail.

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"Bought this and found it to be a gripping read, full of unexpected detail - really fills in the background of this man - he turns out to be someone..." Read more

"The book is easy to read and informative. Strongly recommended." Read more

"...Well written book about a complex (but never boring) man who is now our prime Minister." Read more

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"Interesting biography of our likely next P.M. Useful & informative. From back street to Downing Street via Buckingham Palace methinks. Reassuring...." Read more

"This fascinating biography is well written and accessible but strangely leaves the reader still wondering what Keir Starmer really stands for!" Read more

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Customers find the book contains a good description of Starmer's life. They also say he is an interesting, amazing man with a humble background.

"...What an interesting and amazing man, the right man for the job - at last!" Read more

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Interesting and informative biography about a man who went from cant win to cant lose. The book covers Keir Starmers youth, his job as a barrister, DPP, MP, Labour leader, and Prime Minister in waiting with immense detail and precision. Despite being dubbed 'Mr Boring,' I felt a side of Starmer we dont often see come through in the book, least of all his love of football and Arsenal, and his relationship with his parents. Highly recommend for anyone wanting to know more about the current PM
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Jennysg
5.0 out of 5 stars Nicely written and full of information
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 April 2024
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I have met Keir Starmer and the man I met (before he was Labour Leader) is the man in this book. So worth a read. - and I'm fussy about what I read.
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DDeronda
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliantly written biog. A must read.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 March 2024
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Bought this and found it to be a gripping read, full of unexpected detail - really fills in the background of this man - he turns out to be someone with a moving past and someone I think most of the country will respect, if not admire. The book is fast moving and compellingly written, full of insight and illumination. Well worth the money!
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Eugénie
4.0 out of 5 stars We feel more confident about Kier Starmer
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 May 2024
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The book is easy to read and informative. Strongly recommended.
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Cameron Lally
5.0 out of 5 stars Insightful
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 July 2024
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Interesting and informative biography about a man who went from cant win to cant lose. The book covers Keir Starmers youth, his job as a barrister, DPP, MP, Labour leader, and Prime Minister in waiting with immense detail and precision. Despite being dubbed 'Mr Boring,' I felt a side of Starmer we dont often see come through in the book, least of all his love of football and Arsenal, and his relationship with his parents. Highly recommend for anyone wanting to know more about the current PM
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5.0 out of 5 stars Insightful
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 July 2024
Interesting and informative biography about a man who went from cant win to cant lose. The book covers Keir Starmers youth, his job as a barrister, DPP, MP, Labour leader, and Prime Minister in waiting with immense detail and precision. Despite being dubbed 'Mr Boring,' I felt a side of Starmer we dont often see come through in the book, least of all his love of football and Arsenal, and his relationship with his parents. Highly recommend for anyone wanting to know more about the current PM
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Michael J. Wilson
5.0 out of 5 stars Informative & interesting
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 June 2024
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Interesting biography of our likely next P.M. Useful & informative. From back street to Downing Street via Buckingham Palace methinks. Reassuring. Not long to go.....
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Isabelle Smith
5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Insight Into Who Keir Starmer Is
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 July 2024
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I wanted to know who this ‘quiet man’ is now that he is our Prime Minister. For the first time in decades I have hope that our country is going to be governed for everyone and not just for a few groups. What an interesting and amazing man, the right man for the job - at last!
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Eliza Doo
5.0 out of 5 stars The Truth
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 July 2024
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So refreshing to read a biography that clearly tells the truth with the co-operation of the subject. Well written book about a complex (but never boring) man who is now our prime Minister.
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Alex Gardiner
4.0 out of 5 stars I now get him
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 May 2024
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I wouldn’t normally buy a book at this stage of someone’s political career, but Keir Starmer It’s something of an enigma. Having read this book I now feel I know the man and his motivations far more he may not be a classic politician, more a lawyer, But I now understand the values that drive him and help convince me that when in Office he will bring about change.
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