{"product_id":"the-starmer-project-isbn-9781839764622","title":"The Starmer Project","description":"\u003cb\u003eForensic political biography of the Labour Party leader\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHailed as a human-rights champion and political outsider, what sort of politician is Keir Starmer really, and what mark is he making on the new politics of Labour?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Starmer Project\u003c\/i\u003e, Oliver Eagleton provides a careful reading of Starmer’s record at the Crown Prosecution Service and as a member of Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow cabinet, tracing the political alliances he forged and the roots of his bid for the party leadership.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Starmer originally pledged to revitalise Corbynism with a dose of lawyerly competence. To understand what happened afterwards it is necessary to understand the man himself. So little remains known about Starmer that his actions are usually interpreted as overtures to others. On closer inspection, however, he is anything but an empty political vessel.“A beautifully written and balanced study, revealing of the man himself.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Simon Jenkins, author of \u003ci\u003eThatcher and Sons\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Starmer Project\u003c\/i\u003e is the most original and insightful of the book-length studies of Starmer.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Andrew Sparrow, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Starmer’s leadership cannot be understood without grasping the Corbyn project that flared to life in 2015, then decomposed and died in 2019. There remains, in most punditry, a lack of curiosity about that experience… Oliver Eagleton’s The Starmer Project, the best account of his leadership so far, sets out to correct this.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Richard Seymour, \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A cogent left-wing critique.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Andrew Grice, \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “The meatiest biography of the leader of the opposition to date.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Patrick Maguire, \u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “[A] persuasive new biography.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Andy Beckett, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “An enjoyably hostile new biography.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eEconomist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Brilliant, deserves to be widely read. It may end up as an obituary for Labour.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Donald Sassoon, \u003ci\u003ePolitical Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eOliver Eagleton\u003c\/b\u003e is an Assistant Editor at \u003ci\u003eNew Left Review\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSidecar\u003c\/i\u003e. He writes on culture and politics for the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, TLS, \u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e and Novara.","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302829084901,"sku":"NP9781839764622","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781839764622.jpg?v=1767741647","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-starmer-project-isbn-9781839764622","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}