Keir Starmer has now been the leader of the Labour party for three years 🔎 eleanormia looks at what the Labour leader has achieved in this time and what challenges lie ahead
Labour leader Keir Starmer speaks during a press conference at Port Vale Football Club last week to launch his party’s national mission on crime Sir Keir Starmer was elected as Labour party leader on 4 April 2020, beating his opponents Rebecca Long-Bailey and Lisa Nandy and winning 56.2 per cent of the vote.
In October 2020, six months after Sir Keir took over leadership of Labour, the Equality and Human Rights Commission It found there were “serious failings in the Labour Party leadership in addressing anti-Semitism and an inadequate process for handling anti-Semitism complaints” during Mr Corbyn’s reign.
“I don’t see today’s announcement as the end of the road. I see it as a signpost that we are heading in the right direction,” he said in February.Since January 2022, the Labour party has consistently beaten the Conservatives in most polls, largely driven by the chaotic political environment of last year.
In the 36 months to the 1997 general election, when Labour secured a landslide victory under Tony Blair, Labour’s poll average was consistently 50 per cent or more.Labour claimed victory over the Government’s decision in October 2022 to impose a windfall tax on energy companies, after previously ruling out such a policy.
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