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UK Labour Leader Keir Starmer (L) and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (R) meet at the Global Progress Action Summit on September 16, 2023 in Montreal, Canada. Majalla/Agencies

Diplomatic tour gives glimpse of Starmer's foreign policy priorities

As Starmer visits Paris today to meet Macron and is being met with considerable goodwill from European capitals, the EU is wary of Starmer's pledge to seek "a much better" Brexit deal.

Christopher Phillips 19 September 2023
Britain's main opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer (R) meets with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky at Speaker's House in the Palace of Westminster, in London, on February 8, 2023. AFP

What might British foreign policy look like under Labour?

Historically Labour governments have tended to be conservative, therefore, it is highly unlikely that a Labour government will initiate radical changes overseas.

Christopher Phillips 20 June 2023
British Labour Party leader Keir Starmer speaks at the Britain's Labour Party annual conference in Liverpool, Britain, September 27, 2022. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

Ready For Power, UK Labour's Starmer Tells Faithful This is Their 'Moment'

British opposition Labor leader Keir Starmer said on Tuesday it was his party's "moment", championing green policies to spur economic growth and create jobs that he said would open the door to power…

27 September 2022
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street, in London, Britain, January 19, 2022. REUTERS/John Sibley

After Labour Leader Hounded, UK PM Johnson Under Pressure Over Slur

After protesters hounded Britain's Labour leader Keir Starmer, Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced pressure on Tuesday to withdraw a claim that the opposition leader had failed to prosecute one of the…

08 February 2022
Labour's Brexit spokesman Keir Starmer (L) and Labour's Shadow Secretary of State for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy, Rebecca Long-Bailey (C), leaves after a Brexit meeting at the cabinet office in London on April 9, 2019. (Getty)

The Leftist-Centrist Divide in Britain’s Labor Party

The beginning of 2019 seemed bleak for the Conservative Party. Having faced three defeats in parliament over her deal Theresa May was left with no option but to resign at the end of March. Soon after…

Ali El Shamy 11 January 2020
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