Keir Starmer Quotes

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2024

Sir Keir Starmer KCB KC (/ˈkɪər ˈstɑːrmər/; born 2 September 1962) is a British Labour Party politician who is Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since the 2024 general election. A former barrister, he was elected as Leader of the Labour Party in April 2020, becoming Leader of the Opposition. Previously, he was the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and the Head of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).

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Birth Name: Keir Rodney Starmer

Alternative Names: Sir Keir Rodney Starmer • Sir Keir Starmer • Rt Hon. Sir Keir Starmer

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I've got to do Kinnock and Blair's job in one term.

I will change the things that need changing and that is the change that I will bring about.

There are four elections on Thursday 6 May.

The principle of what I want to achieve is clear: if you are anti-Semitic, you cannot and should not be in the Labour Party. No ifs, no buts.

Passover is also a fitting moment for me to acknowledge the pain and hurt that the Labour Party has caused Jewish people in recent years Anti-Semitism has been a stain on our party. I have seen first-hand the unacceptable and unimaginable levels of grief and distress it has caused many in the Jewish community and beyond. It is why my very first act on becoming leader over the weekend was to apologise for the hurt that has been caused. I want to apologise again and reiterate my pledge to tear out this poison by its roots.

When you say you will leave without a deal - do or die - what sort of message does that send to the people of Northern Ireland?

During the talks, almost literally as we were sitting in the room talking, cabinet members and wannabe Tory leaders were torpedoing the talks with remarks about not being willing to accept the customs union. In terms of the team that we were negotiating with, I'm not blaming them. Circling around those that were in the room trying to negotiate were others who didn't want the negotiation to succeed because they had their eye on what was coming next.

I remain as convinced as ever that the consequences of no deal would be so severe that it cannot be allowed to happen.

It is right for Parliament to have the first say but if we need to break the impasse, our options must include campaigning for a public vote and nobody is ruling out Remain as an option.

There's a growing view, I think probably a majority view in Parliament now, that it's in our national interests and economic interests to stay in a customs union with the EU. We've got a huge manufacturing sector in the UK that needs to be protected, with many goods going over borders many, many times, and we need to protect that.

Benefits of the single market and customs union... need to be hard-wired into the final agreement

We all want to do bold new trade agreements but we would be better off doing that with the EU.

Obviously, there are lots of benefits from a customs union, none more so, in many respects, than in Northern Ireland.

[I want a partnership with the EU that] retains the benefits of the single market and the customs union

Remaining in a form of customs union after a transition post-Brexit phase remained a possible end destination for the Labour party.