Political positions of Keir Starmer

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The political positions of Keir Starmer, the prime minister of the United Kingdom since 2024 and Leader of the Labour Party since 2020, have frequently changed. Views of his political philosophy are diverse.

During the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn, Starmer adopted soft left political positions, and described his politics as being "red-green". During the 1980s and 1990s, Starmer also wrote for Socialist Alternatives and Socialist Lawyer; by the 2020s, he at times upheld and at other times rejected the socialist label. Starmer succeeded Corbyn by winning the 2020 leadership election on a left-wing platform, pledging to uphold many of his predecessor's economic policies whilst working to end the issue of antisemitism within the party. However, as opposition leader and later as prime minister, Starmer's Labour Party is considered to be far closer to the political centre. Some commentators described Starmer as exhibiting an authoritarian approach, and critics on the Labour left have expressed anxiety over being purged from the party under Starmer's leadership.

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