THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER-A fascinating and engrossing account of the man who is likely to be the UK-s next prime minister'' FINANCIAL TIMES''This will be the most important political book of the year- MATTHEW D-ANCONA, EVENING STANDARD-Required reading for anyone who has an interest in who governs Britain'' ALASTAIR CAMPBELL?This authoritative - but not authorised - biography by Tom Baldwin provides answers by drawing deeply on many hours of interviews with the Labour leader himself, as well as unprecedented access to members of his family, his oldest friends and closest colleagues.Together, they tell an unexpectedly intimate story filled with feelings of grief and love that has driven him on more than any rigid ideology or loyalty to a particular faction.The book tracks Starmer-s emergence from a troubled small town background and rebellious youth, through a storied legal career as a human rights barrister and the country-s chief prosecutor, to becoming an MP relatively late in lif
