LONDON (Reuters) – Keir Starmer was elected as the leader of Britain’s primary opposition Labour Party on Saturday, promising to bring an end to years of bitter infighting and to deal with the federal government to include the raging coronavirus pandemic.
Britain’s opposition Labour Party Shadow Brexit Secretary Keir Starmer leaves the BBC head office after appearing on The Andrew Marr Show in London, Britain January 5,2020 REUTERS/Simon Dawson – RC2N9E96 NFF6
Starmer, a former director of public prosecutions who was understood for a forensic attention to detail when opposing the country’s exit from the European Union, won with 56%of the vote.
The thorough defeat of an ally of the outbound leader Jeremy Corbyn, and the election of Angela Rayner as Starmer’s deputy, declares completion of the party leadership’s welcome of a radical socialism that was crushed in the December election.
Starmer, who takes over right away, said he would work constructively with government when it