LONDON, Aug. 20,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Having gone from Leader of the
Opposition to Downing Street in a little over four years, Sir
Keir Starmer can obviously claim to
have re-established the Labour Party as a credible electoral force.
And yet with only one in five voters having backed the former
lawyer in the general election of 2024, it is clear that most
people in Britain remain
unconvinced by him.
Is he a competent and moderate figure capable of fixing the
economy and reuniting the country? Or is he just another member of
the metropolitan elite who is willing to say anything in order to
be in power?
In 2021, Biteback published Red
Knight, Michael
Ashcroft's unauthorised biography of Sir Keir Starmer. This new book will be completely
revised and updated to chart the momentous events since then, also
taking in Sir Keir's first months in office.
Was the self-declared socialist Sir Keir telling the truth when
he said wealth creation would be at the heart of his party's
programme for government? Was he being honest when he promised not
to raise taxes for "working people"? How realistic is his vow to
deal with illegal immigration by "smashing the gangs"?
Picking up where Red
Knight left off, the new edition will shed more light on
the PM's personality, explain how he gained the highest office in
the land, consider how he is handling life running the country –
and judge whether he is doing a good job.
It will be published in the Spring of 2025.
AUTHOR
LORD ASHCROFT KCMG PC is an international businessman,
philanthropist, author and pollster. He is a former deputy chairman
of the Conservative Party and currently honorary chairman of the
International Democracy Union. He is founder and chairman of the
board of trustees of Crimestoppers, vice-patron of the Intelligence
Corps Museum, chairman of the trustees of Ashcroft Technology
Academy, a senior fellow of the International Strategic Studies
Association, a life governor of the Royal Humane Society, a former
chancellor of Anglia Ruskin University and a former trustee of
Imperial War Museums. Lord Ashcroft is an award-winning author who
has written twenty-eight other books, largely on politics and
bravery. His political books include biographies of David Cameron, Jacob
Rees-Mogg, Rishi Sunak, Sir
Keir Starmer, Angela Rayner, and Kemi
Badenoch. His seven books on gallantry in the Heroes series
include two on the Victoria Cross.
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