Who will be the next prime minister of England?

According to the international group Tasnim News Agency, Rishi Sunak a few days ago to the speculations about the date of the nationwide ended in this country and announced that this competition will be held on July 4 (July 14).

Two months ago, there were speculations about the possibility of holding general elections in England, before the summer vacation of the Parliament, but then The heavy defeat of the ruling conservative party in the recent city council elections and the loss of more than 500 seats in different cities, the fever of speculation subsided for a while.

Sunak made a political gamble two weeks ago when Earlier, the British National Statistics Center announced that the inflation rate in this country has reached its lowest level in the last 3 years. In his speech, he claimed that the British economy is ahead of other European countries and the Conservative Party will continue to make efforts to improve people’s living conditions. However, the results of most polls indicate that The ruling conservative party not only has no chance of winning this election, but may experience a heavy defeat. The latest findings of the prestigious Yougoo Institute show that 47% of British people support the Labor Party led by Keir Starmer and 20% support the Conservatives. Based on this, many analysts predict that the 61-year-old Starmer will be the Prime Minister. England’s future will be Analysts say Starmer has moved Labor to the center of politics in the past four years, marginalizing the left. But he seems to be a cautious person and his critics describe him as a boring person.

However, given that British politics have always been turbulent in the past years, such analyzes cannot be considered definitive yet. When Boris Johnson won the last general election, many pundits believed that the Conservatives would be in power for at least another decade. Less than 5 years later, England is in the situation we are witnessing now.

Who is Starmer?

Starmer is a former human rights lawyer who He became a public prosecutor and was Brexit minister in Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership of the Labor Party in the shadow cabinet. Starmer, like Corbyn, considers himself a socialist.

He was born on September 2, 1962 in Sadrek, South London, and grew up in a small town in Surrey (near the capital). His father was a worker and his mother was a nurse, and both were staunch supporters of the Labor Party. His first name was chosen in memory of Keir Hardy, one of the historical leaders of the British socialist movement and the Labor Party. Starmer has been active in the Labor Party since he was a teenager and was a member of its youth organization called “Young Socialists” in East Surrey. He studied law at the University of Leeds and then at the City University of Oxford, and has been practicing law since 1987.

The Times of Israel in previous years referred to Starmer as a “Zionist with a Jewish wife”. has done. In previous years, Starmer has said: “If the definition of a Zionist is someone who believes in the Israeli government, then I am also a Zionist.” Starmer supported Israel during the Israeli war in Gaza and said that he is a supporter of Military support for this regime. In an interview with LBC on October 11, 2023, when asked if Israel had the right to cut off electricity and water to the residents of Gaza, he said: “I think Israel has the right to do that.”

In the Ukraine war, Starmer’s policies seem to be no different from other politicians in this country. He met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in February 2023 and emphasized London’s support for Kyiv. Starmer has also called for Russian President Vladimir Putin to be tried in international courts.

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