Meet Keir Starmer, Britain’s next prime minister
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- Опубліковано 7 лип 2024
- He will become Britain’s prime minister-but voters remain unsure what he stands for. So who is the real Sir Keir Starmer?
00:00 - Who is Keir Starmer?
00:39 - His life before politics
01:38 - His political rise
02:38 - His politics
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Maybe a bit of "boring" is exactly what we need. The last few years have been a joke 🤣.
You might regret that within a month or two . Unless you are illegal or man who wants to be a lady 😂
boring politicians are the best politicians
Thanks to China and Russia 😉
@@insertacoin738 not really
@@cactiupyourass8203 Yes really. They're here to do a job not be clowns.
I've lost count of how many Prime Ministers the British devour.
Me, an italian: "Pathetic"
It's almost the size of a medium North American fast food meal
It's a ministerial meat grinder.
Eating Prime Ministers is actually a Dutch habit (seriously, you can Google it)
@@andreaberetta5596you’ve literally has the same prime minister for the past 3 years
As long as he gets along with Larry the cat, he will be okay
@MZMA85 how old is larry anyway?
@@easierthanlife1826 14, I believe.
The real power behind the state.
Dan Pena will emerge as Britain's master.
It's a miracle Larry survived the Truss era, shame the Queen didn't
Things can stop getting worse is the most British thing I've ever heard
and then things start to get even worse.
@@farhanrejwankeep crying x
@@Kieranu why should i cry? i don't even live there lol.
i'm a bangladeshi. yes, the country that he insulted just a few days ago. honestly, at this point we couldn't even care any less if he claims he ever "visited bangladesh and loved it" or not, after he said what he said. let alone we care any about what happens to the "Great Britain".
He was clever enough to learnt the same lesson Tony Blair did, which is that most people in England are politically middle-of-the-road and if you want to win an election, tap into that. Now he has power it'll be interesting to see if he stays middle of the road. Also, the Tories lost this election a long time ago, all Keir had to do was look relatively normal and he was going to win LOL
This is what a lot of people don't give him credit for. It's all great and moral to be extremely left wing but if you don't win that doesn't mean anything tangible for anyone.
@@gerardcurtis3911”extremely” left is rarely an exemplar of moral…….. if history is any judge. In all things moderation. My own fatuousness aside, I agree with your point completely.
Bro what world r u in. Corbyn wud have won this election given the state of uk under tories but the difference between him and starmer is hes a decent human being who wud have actually done things
Starmer will do nothing and its declinorama from now on
He can't once the Energy Crisis hits your going to have do some very radicals things. You assume that you can be a moderate in desperate times, you cannot. You need solution to pressing problems.
How did the Tories lose a long time ago? Please elaborate.
I, for one, welcome the return of "boring" politicians as a standard for leadership.
The country could use stability of the circus & chaos of the 14 years.
believe me .......he has been put in power to over see the biggest turmoil ever..........all planned
Hear hear
Boring is what the UK needs right now
Dan Pena will emerge as Britain's master.
Your easily fooled mate!!
He's a decent bloke. Lets hope that he can be the effective leader he needs to be. Remember that our greatest PM of modern times, the one who changed Britain profoundly was Clement Atlee. He was also a uncharismatic wooden performer in public. You will be judged by your actions not your words.
Atlee's part of the reason why it's so hard to build housing and civil infrastructure now, but Thatcher was also partly responsible.
A decent bloke who kept quiet when Jimmy Savile was running riot at the BBC...
Dan Pena will emerge as Britain's master.
hes another elite fanboy
nothing more
_"Remember that our greatest PM of modern times, the one who changed Britain profoundly was Clement Atlee"_
think we can agree he is far better to run the country than some ex hedge fund manager multi millionaire
@@eelm2079 Boris better than all of them
@@Agtsmirnofflol
@@AgtsmirnoffJeremy Corbyn would’ve been the best
He couldn't run a bath...
@@user-qb1pn8uj7uclearly not if he had such a hard time convincing anyone to vote for him...
Now that you bring it up, Starmer does look a bit like the spitting image of Mark Darcy. LOL
Reminds me of Hannah Gadsby
I don't think this prime minister will stand longer then 10 days
Dan Pena will emerge as Britain's master.
Remember Max Headroom?
Not as hyped as when Tony Blair won but you see what's gonna be his reputation 10 years from now.
Tony Blair the architect of our destruction? The man who ramped up the colonisation and racism to whites?
Let's name a British PM that hasn't left with a tarnished reputation. There's not one in my lifetime.
Tony Blair is a war criminal
@@biddyboy1570tony blair has great internal policies, just bad international ones
just what it is now a self hating hide your jewish wife traitor type, the islamapologist is strong in this flopper. the sale of rubber boats in france just jumped 500%
I think this guy will be one of those politicians that will stay in power for a long time. Won't be loved by anyone, but probably will not be hated.
Finally the end of Tory rule
Isn’t Starmer a red Tory tho?
@@aclark903not a blue Tory.
@@dundermifflinity Well he kicked the Hindus out of number 10 and for this at least I’m grateful.
@@aclark903 agreed
@aclark903 that's not gonna help anything the boats will still be flying in with more gangs 😂
It's okay to change one's policies as long as the change is a result of re-assessing a situation and taking into account changing dynamics that make those changes necessary. Changing it however just to get votes is evil. Not sure where Starmer stands. Give him time. As long as he gets the job done and improves the UK's current situation, it doesn't matter whether he's a boring person. Being charismatic might be a benefit, but it's not what he's being elected for.
Like ALL Labour & Conservative governments in the last 70+ years, he will change absolutely NOTHING of substance which will impact positively the quality of life for the working people of the United Kingdom. Also like many opposition parties of before he has pontificated about electoral talking points for the sole purpose of vote garnering. He has ZERO intention of implementing any systemic change at all. 😡
From what I can tell with this video, Starmer seems to be following a new branch of the Left called "popularism" which is all about pushing the policies that might sound boring, non ideological, and nonradical but are what the average person wants from their leaders based on polling data (yeah, I know, I don’t like that this basic and natural democratic thought process needed a name and lobbyists for it either, I don’t need or want to hear it from y’all).
He’s literally Tony Blair 2.0 and you’re braindead for not seeing it. Everything he says is a lie
How is changing your policies to be more popular evil? Being pragmatic and knowing when to tweak your policies to appeal to voters is how actual positive change is achieved, far preferable to stubbornly maintaining ideological purity with no chance of holding power.
@@wopofey If you don't like a party's policy, vote for one that aligns with your ideology. A party's policy shouldn't change that often and when they do change, it should never be to appeal to more voters. That's just wishy washy politics of an unstable party. Most parties are created around a core set of stable beliefs. A party that believes in rasing taxes may have no other choice but to lower taxes when a sudden unexpected event happens like a pandemic that hits an economy hard. But once the storm has passed, and things get better, then the party should revert to its normal policies.
This looks very familiar to Macron in France, first joined the socialist, then betrayed them to go more centrist, then gets elected, etc. I hope for the UK that the end of the story wont be the same...
Macron's centrist is great but being a centrist means you have to please everyone. Hes simply not able to do that so he failed. Overall I love Macron policies ( he should be harder on immigant of course )
Similar to Australia’s Labor PM Anthony Albanese; working class activist turned centrist
@@pingukutepro Not a fan of all his policies but definitely better than both far right and far left options. His problem is that people started hating him so much, they're ready to burn the whole country if they burn him in the process. Suicidal thoughts.
@@pingukuteproEveryone is France is seen as French, regardless of their ethnicity. Instead of spending money stopping immigration, you should treat them as equal citizens, if crime if ur concern, then just get more police.
pretty clear he was centrist from the get go
Angela Merkel was always boring. That's why we voted her into office 4 times.
What do you want on your government? Someone intelligent + boring who does the job or Boris Johnson?
And look what Merkel did for german GDP ... it stagnated. Germany lost market share.
@@realitykicksin8755: Depends on the point of view. She did a lot right actually. The whole financial crisis from 2008 and onwards were basically not existent in Germany thx to her policies and decisions.
@@realitykicksin8755 The worst thing she did is on Immigrant polices. All others I rate 10/10
@@pingukuteproRussian gas probably wasn't the right move either
Dan Pena will emerge as Britain's master.
Keir Starmer might seem like a tedious crooked leader but at least he could bring about drastic changes to somehow revitalize Britain both economically and politically.
Dan Pena will emerge as Britain's master.
Things can stop getting worse… until a major international event occurs which is seeming ever more likely
what kind of major international event are you thinking of?
That's why Leon Edwards has the most aesthetic physique
My man 😂😂
Can confirm
😂😂😂😂
Dan Pena is going to emerge as Britain's master.
Mario rage bait misinformation rios
Missing the point again, he wasn’t voted in, the conservatives voted out.
tough hes still leading. Get used to it
@@imranasghar8690 He kneeled for BLM, that's all you need to know about the man.
yes dear whene some one win other loss that is how competition work , you are a very smart cookie
He got a lower vote share than Corbyn did in 2017 lol
@@Dylan-ph3rxWhat’s wrong with that?
Why have I lived through 8 prime ministers and I’m not even 20 yet. 😭😭
imagine living all 20 years with one person's presidency
It also could be the other way around, we've had prime minister for more than 10 years, 11 years, 15, 18 and 20 years
@@RubinFortune well two would be better
Congratulations the British people. They showed the politicians who is the boss. I hope we experience the same in Turkey.
I decided to read the Labour Party manifesto yesterday to see what we are getting. It was clear to me that the key policies are change, change and it's all the Tories fault.
But also, we’re maintaining the Tory policies that drove this crisis.
Saying and doing are different and everyone with a brain cell to spare knows that
@biddyboy1570 I can guarantee there will be no change but it's nice your hopeful I'm not 😆
Change to what
@@userwheretogo Don't know. Change to something else, which may or may not work. This is what people want.
Okay but who will the next prime minister be?
Give him a chance, wait and watch.
Thing is he didn´t do amazingly well in the popular vote, it´´s more that the Tory vote collapsed than he did well. If Reform hadn´t have run it would have been a less impressive victory.
Yeah you could say Labour managed to sway some who voted for the tories last time - but most of the Tory vote has spread out to Reform & Lib dems.
Yea. Got the same % of the vote than Corbyn on a smaller turnout without the whole of the media trying to assassinate his character. Landslide indeed.
Can't make everyone happy. I hope he fixes the essentials and is remembered so.
Why are there so many generic bot comments?
Russian bots trying to undermine western democracy....as per ususal
Russian bots and salty right wing bots
I take it you’re new to watching UA-cam videos from basically every major media outlet. They’re all completely overrun with trolls and bots, it’s awful.
@@urekmazino6800I'm right wing and not salty , congrats on the win , we won't smash the place up like you lot are doing in france. And see you st the ealry election after Labour destroy the uk in a few months.
dead internet theory
Finally someone center
There's really not a massive difference between the centre left in Starmer and centre right in Sunak... People act like Tories are the BNP and Labour are the communist party.
@@NotKimiRaikkonen he is about 20x better than sunak
How you can call anybody out of that Labour Party center is beyond me.
As an american, i would definately appreciate a boring politician.
both of our politicians are jokers fr
Starmer's debate performance every PMQ is quite great, you all have not even mentioned this at all. He isn't boring when he crushes tory stalwarts week after week!
Im not from the uk but the labour and conservative parties are very similar
🎵“Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.” 🎵
Anyone in his position has to juggle stuff. Nothing is linear or straightforward. In essence are his values what we need right now? Yeah - certainly better than we have had
His values? You mean that other people can have cervixes besides women? That drag queen story time is an addition to British culture? That Jews are inferior? That BLM and erasing your country's history by overturning statues and re-naming streets is appropriate? There's so much more . . .
Dan Pena will emerge as Britain's master.
@@walkerhaw5468 as in King? Tyrant?
@@iainmackenzieUK Tyrants fix the economy because regular leaders and ordinary people are too weak willed to actually show any leadership skills.
They all stuff you over - have you not been alive long enough to learn that?
Clearly has a track record of doing the right thing.
"things can stop getting worse" - that's absolutely fine by me.
Labour and Torey are almost the same.
They are exactly the same - unless you can't spell Tory.
Id argue the liz truss debacle surely shows the dangers of a government headed by an ideologue more than a pragmatist
UK go back to EU
Its not that easy.
The UK had tons of concessions back when first joining the EU. But still acted like a child throwing tantrum. Now to join a 2nd time most likely there will be using Euro and joining Schengen as pre-requisite.
Keir Starmer is a decent, highly intelligent and competent man from a working class family, and that is exactly what Britain needs.
We'll see - I hope you are right.
The crown prosecution service has conveniently deleted all files related to starmer's period as their head, but some of us know how he served the CIA, not the UK, with regards to persecuting Julian Assange.
He may have understand what it takes to appeal to the most people and win an election but I think that is the problem. He has turned Labour into essentially a mild Tory party. Labour should have capitalised on the conservatives inability to win and used it to run a true Labour Party. With Corbyn or someone of that sort as leader. Could have actually brought about real change.
What we in the Northeast is some big companies to build factories up here give us jobs, there was a time when the Northeast was the manufacturing centre of Britain. If we had the car battery manufacturing up here then you'd see that it can get done and then with extensions into other areas of manufacturing the whole area would be given a heartbeat again. Stop most of the building codes and help with the building. If we were given better rents for putting back to the grid instead of pennies then a lot of people would not have to have solar panels using green fields and farmland for acres and acres, hundreds and thousands of acres of land are being used for solar but in regions where wind is great they still use solar which takes hundreds of more acres than wind and is a bigger eyesore than having a wind turbine in sight!
I give him till October before he steps down.
This time, the British have maintained their pride. A Briton is ruling Britain again. They got rid of the Indian. Congratulations.
Nikolas Omilana will be englands next prime minister stop capping
shut up bro he lost to rishi sunak
@@urdailygamr9229 Most people only vote the major parties. Not the smaller ones. The two major parties are Labour and Conservatives
I hope America gets a president with such stable views.
Unlikely given how many Americans have been calling him a Bolshevik and WEF puppet, but we can always have hope
Well, Jeremy Corbyn didn't down play the extent of antisemitism. These were false accusations, some were even made by Starmer himself. It was later revealed after they character assassinated Corbyn that there is no basis to the antisemitism claims. I think you should clarify this.
Oh obviosly Britain is anti Semitist - that's why 20% of them are bankers and they are 3% of the population.
'Boring' is safe
Davos puppet…
WEF puppet
Make the Corbyn supporters cry and he will have my vote. Labour should be a sensible party of government not a protest movement.
At least, Starmer has a ( seriously) functioning brain …..
Yeah there's a more radical man beneath the surface. Since there's nothing radical at all in Labour's manifesto.
Starmer wins by doing absolutely nothing.
He's won by not being Tory, and that's everything.
John - starmer and sunak are dictated to by the same globalist masters. Don’t be fooled
@@johnthefinn or Corbyn
He’s lying
He will continue in that vein
Will be watching his premiership with great interest...
Ill give it half a year i bet its worse no way is he gonna make anything better..
The fact that the masses believe voting the 'opposition' changes anything is one of the greatest magic tricks performed by our ruling classes in modern times.
YES!!! No more Tories!
Dan Pena will emerge as Britain's master.
He’s an American businessman, not a British politician.
@@LoganL2008 Well that American businessman is going to conquer your country.
Lucky Star pfp spotted
Yes, anime is cool.
And remember.. people didn't vote for Starmer,they voted against the Tories.
Keir Starmer, as Britain's Prime Minister, brings a legal and principled approach to leadership. Known for his career as a human rights lawyer and former Director of Public Prosecutions, he represents a shift towards a more centrist and pragmatic political stance. His tenure is expected to focus on restoring trust in government, addressing pressing social issues, and navigating the UK through complex economic and geopolitical landscapes with a balanced and reasoned perspective.
Can't be worse than Rishi Rich
Editorial Board resign now.
Can't define what a woman is. Well done UK!
I can - f**k those who can't.
He looks like Kier Hardy 😊
Britain needs stability both political and institutional right now. I think he can provide i dint think he might be the guy hut he is the guy befire the guy who stops things from hetting worse and then leave for someone who will maie things right
"Surely doing the same thing will work this time"
Ive always thought he looked like colin firth
I think he's right wing on national security and immigration but left of the economic policy but he doesn't say he's right wing on the some policies if he say that's he'll probably get kicked out of the party😂😂
let's see how this one goes
What is that, 4 prime ministers so far this decade? You British are crazy haha
the latest 2 just replace Boris Johnson place, not actually count on an election.
He will not help with U.Ks immigration problems
Sounds like a decent guy. Wish you all the best.
Atlast someone from Britain became a PM
boring but competent is what we need
If you look at the fury rained on the Conservative, you can bet the expectation on the Labour is huge. What's the real issue here is? Is actually MONEY. Where is Starmer going to get the money without incurring more debt or raising taxes? What can he really do here? This is all talk, he will be out next election. Is a grim outlook for the British's future. All these populism will bring Britain down. Look at Nigel Farage. Britain still have more rooms to go down before it gets better
Noone is expecting anything from Labour other than policies designed to damage anyone who has worked and saved hard, so that they can give it to illegal migrants and layabouts who are on benefits and have no savings, quote.
@@megapangolin1093 UK is in crisis, it will only get worse from here. Nigel Farage winnings tell what's to come. Brexit was a mistake. Did they study in the first place why Great Britain joined the EU?
If you vote Reform you are delusional.
Human rights lawyer being ok with genocide
It's refreshing to see a centrist leader. Every country is divided by political wings, either right or left, but maybe Keir can bring Britain together.
isn't it Niko?
He seems like a reliable and honest man. Being boring is totally ok for a politician, I mean look at Angela Merkel. She could also be described as boring, but it is the silent strength that defines her. Politicians are not actors or starlets and therefore should not act like it.
I hope that he will bring stability to the UK after the mess of the last few Prime Ministers, especially Johnson.
Well immigration and the russian gas doesn’t seems like her best policies.
00:01 Keir Starmer has revived Labour Party but faces uncertainty over his political principles and public perception.
00:30 Keir Starmer emphasizes his working-class roots
00:54 Keir Starmer's background and career as a human-rights lawyer
01:17 Keir Starmer rose to the top of politics
01:44 Keir Starmer became an MP in 2015 and quickly rose to prominence as shadow Brexit secretary, leading the push for a second Brexit referendum.
02:08 Keir Starmer has shifted away from his predecessor's left-wing vision.
02:32 Keir Starmer focused on transforming Labour party for governance
02:59 Keir Starmer focuses on moderate reform and political stability for Britain
Bro still went to Oxford ...dam nice
How moderate is "moderate?".....
He's basically British Biden, similar to how Boris Johnson was British Trump
Why does Keir look so tired in the thumbnail?🤣
In short, we have just elected a bigger mistake than Canada did with Justin. T.
No. The US is the biggest joke of them all. Biden and Harris are the worst leaders ever and the Number 1 reason the States is the Laughing Stock of the World right now.
This is the part when things get much much worse before they get better.
The comedian conveyor belt is in hysterical overdrive...
So in our hectic sensationalist media world nowadays we label people that are simply competent and qualified for the job as "boring". Well, their country is completely broken but at least the population has decided to change sth about it now. Finally. Greetings from Germany
Stand for the highest bidder for sure..
He looks like Hannah Gadsby
A boring politician is exactly what we need. I’m sick of the last decade, let’s have stability going forward.
have you got any research on this guy? Buckle up because everything‘s going to be so much worse. Forget about stability and progress. The UK is in big trouble.
You guys had this video ready 6 months ago lol
I just hope he stops saying 14 years and chaos, because that isn't going to help going forward.
Brexit effect still happening
Got less votes that Corbyn 🤯
Petition to elect Larry the cat 👇
Sounds promising.
Isn't it like the stories about snake oil and alchemists that when expectations, faith and hope have subsided, you are disappointed because what you hoped for does not materialize?
my dad is a toolmaker meme
I’m curious to see if he will also visit Zelenskyy to encourage him and bow to Netanyahu and Zionism…
Welcome back 🙏