THE AWARD-WINNING BIOGRAPHY OF THE NEW PRIME MINISTER OF THE UK

Awards: Book of the Year by The Times, The Telegraph, Daily Mail, Waterstones

“Essential reading for anyone interested in who governs Britain” - ALASTAIR CAMPBELL

“This will be the most important political biography of the year” - MATTHEW D’ANCONA, EVENING STANDARD

This authentic – but not authorized – biography by Tom Baldwin provides answers drawing from many hours of interviews with the Prime Minister himself, as well as unprecedented access to his family members, old friends, and close associates. Together, they tell an unexpectedly intimate story filled with emotions of sorrow and love, that has guided him more than any rigid ideology or belief in a specific faction.

The book traces Starmer's emergence from a troubled background in a small town and his rebellious youth, through a remarkable legal career as a human rights lawyer and as the country’s executive director, to become a Member of Parliament relatively late in his life. Baldwin offers a vivid and fascinating account of how this atypical politician rose to be his party's leader following Jeremy Corbyn, transforming it at a vigorous pace that has enraged his opponents from the left, as much as it has confused those from the right.

Above all, this is a book that must be read by anyone who wants to understand how someone who has often been underestimated or dismissed as boring now intends to change Britain.

“The first serious and continually readable biography of Starmer... It is admirable that he has told Baldwin so much” - PATRICK MAGUIRE, THE TIMES

“This is an utterly compelling and highly timely biography” - AMOL RAJAN

“Highly readable... Baldwin has revealed more layers than anyone else” - ROBERT SHRIMSLEY, FINANCIAL TIMES

“Tom Baldwin’s portrait is of a tough, conscientious, and kind person with the right values” - ANDREW MARR, NEW STATESMAN

Pages: 448, Dimensions: 15.9x15.9cm