On Thursday, July 4, the Labour Party, led by Keir Starmer, largely won the general elections in the United Kingdom, winning 410 constituencies out of 650, to the detriment of Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives. The new strongman of the country was able to benefit during his campaign from the massive support of the media.
What do newspapers as different as the SunTHE Sunday Times, The Economist where the Financial Times ? These are all pro-Starmer newspapers, the new Prime Minister of United Kingdom. Yet the man is not a good media client or a colourful figure in the Boris Johnsonit’s quite the opposite. He was said to be a bit austere, serious, but without charisma, a sort of inverted figure of the flamboyant Tony Blair.
Keir Starmer, a very different man from his predecessor, the millionaire Rishi Sunak
Keir Starmera former human rights lawyer who entered politics a decade ago, finally cracked his armour on television. This is how he told his family story in south-east London: the son of a turner and a nurse with a serious autoimmune disease, he knows what health and spending power problems are. He even confided during the campaign that he had known the fear of bills being left in the letterbox and that he knew what to cut if you couldn’t pay – the telephone, because ” it was always easier to do without it ” Obviously, the Suna popular tabloid, saw him as a candidate who resonated with a good portion of its readership. Especially since he had pledged to reduce immigration.
Which appeals to very liberal and free-trade newspapers like The Economistor even more conservative like the Financial Times and the Sunday Timesthis is the bad record of Rishi Sunak. ” This generation of Tories [les conservateurs] ruined its reputation as a business party », denounces the Financial Timesaccording to which “ Keir Starmer is better placed to be the leader the country needs “, even if the newspaper still fears the regulatory interventionism of a Labor government. As for The Economisthe also called for a vote for Labour, noting a severe lack of economic growth.
Keir Starmer, by claiming to be pro-business and pro-wealth creation, as well as pro-workers, pleases the bosses. He is also the one who liquidated Jeremy Corbyn’s legacy by addressing anti-Semitism issues within his party and taking a stand for Israel after October 7, asking only for “ Humanitarian pauses in Gaza “In substance, and not in form, there are many points in common with Tony Blair, who also received the support of Rupert Murdoch’s press, to which the Sunday Times.
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