• Ep 32: Will the real Keir Starmer step forward? With the Labour Leader's biographer Tom Baldwin

  • Mar 2 2024
  • Length: 45 mins
  • Podcast
Ep 32: Will the real Keir Starmer step forward? With the Labour Leader's biographer Tom Baldwin cover art

Ep 32: Will the real Keir Starmer step forward? With the Labour Leader's biographer Tom Baldwin

Listen for free

View show details

  • Summary

  • Nick Cohen gets The Lowdown on Sir Keir Starmer with the Labour Leader's biographer Tom Baldwin.

    Nick asks: WTF is Keir Starmer really?

    Tom - @TomBaldwin66 - spent hours with Starmer, his friends and family to investigate the supposed enigma that is the Labour Leader for his book which is just out - Keir Starmer: The Biography, published by William Collins.

    Tom, a journalist and former Labour spin doctor, discovered a far more interesting and enigmatic character than the "boring" stiff caricature the Tories and their Fleet Street henchmen are desperate to paint.

    Starmer is probably the most working class Labour leader since Harold Wilson and yet the only one to take up the Labour mantel with a knighthood, gifted to him for his stint as Director of Public Prosecutions. Tom finds a man forged by family history and values, decent and kind but utterly ruthless when needs be, and determined to sweep the failed, toxic Tories from office.

    Support the Show.


    Listen to The Lowdown from Nick Cohen for in-depth analysis of the issues and events that shape our lives and futures. From Ukraine to Brexit, from Trump to the Tories - we hope to keep you informed - and sane! @NickCohen4

    Show More Show Less
Show More Show Less

What listeners say about Ep 32: Will the real Keir Starmer step forward? With the Labour Leader's biographer Tom Baldwin

Average Customer Ratings

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Audible.com.au reviews

Amazon Reviews
No Reviews are Available
In the spirit of reconciliation, Audible acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.