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LONDON - On June 7, a group of star-struck British lawmakers posted selfies with Kiss bassist Gene Simmons when the glam rocker visited parliament. Hours later, those from the opposition Labour party were summoned by senior members in charge of discipline and ordered to delete the posts and apologise.
"The next stage is where we've got to be even tougher, even more focused, even more disciplined," Starmer said about the run-up to the election in a conversation on stage with Tony Blair at the former Labour prime minister's institute in July. Five years on, he inherited the party after its worst election showing since 1935. Corbyn's plan to transform Britain with public sector pay rises, higher company taxes and sweeping nationalisation, fell flat with voters and the party was dogged by accusations of anti-Semitism and a fudged Brexit policy.
Both changed their fortunes by focusing on a handful of commitments - Starmer has five missions - and running a disciplined campaign, Ainsley said. This was a strategy Starmer not only took on board, it also suited his talents. "He has done it systematically always with an eye to the strategic, and doing it with enormous self-discipline," Falconer said.It's a strategy Starmer learnt when he became Director of Public Prosecutions - essentially Britain's top prosecutor - in 2008, the people close to him said.
Supporters say, however, it can only be an asset, describing him as someone of the left, as well as a pragmatist who assesses situations and draws conclusions. "He thinks about the best way to take people with him, or to take the people with him he needs to take with him."It was while he was DPP that Starmer realised he had to become engaged in politics - and get into government - if he wanted to bring about real change, Falconer said.
And working alongside lawyer Mark Stephens, they famously won an appeal in the European Court of Human Rights against the British government over the"McLibel" trial involving two environmentalists and fast-food chain McDonalds.
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