Starmer Project - A Journey to the Right

The Starmer Project is a forensic and revealing account of Keir Starmer's rise to the top of British politics. Oliver Eagleton paints a fascinating picture of a human-rights barrister turned chief prosecutor and his handling of a number of cases involving the police and security services. He traces Starmer's political alliances and his leading role in Labour's Brexit agony. When Starmer stood for party leader, he pledged to revitalise Corbynism with a dose of lawyerly competence. The Starmer Project details how he instead purged Jeremy Corbyn and pulled Labour to the right.

Helped into power by the Conservatives' collapse in 2024, Starmer was soon as unpopular as his Tory predecessors. Embroiled in austerity and allegations of sleaze, he has further alienated the public and disappointed business interests as well. He stands accused by critics on the left and right alike of lacking principles. But although devoid of charisma, Starmer is anything but an empty political vessel. Indeed, the implications of his authoritarian politics for a country in need of renewal, not retrenchment, appear dire.

This is the definitive, updated and revealing biography of the Labour Prime Minister.

About the author

Oliver Eagleton is Managing Editor of Phenomenal World and author of The Starmer Project, hailed as 'original and insightful' by the Guardian and 'enjoyably hostile' by the Economist. He is a regular contributor to the New Statesman and also writes for the Guardian, New York Times, New Left Review and Jacobin. He lives in London.

Report

A beautifully written and balanced study, revealing of the man himself. Simon Jenkins, author of Thatcher and Sons

Product details

• Authors: Oliver Eagleton
• Publisher: Verso
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.09.2025
• EAN: 9781836740391
• ISBN: 978-1-83674-039-1
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Political Parties, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, Biography: historical, political & military, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, Public Administration, Biography: historical, political and military, Political parties and party platforms