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'Get In': The plot involving a pro-Israel Irishman that helped Keir Starmer to power

He’s the leader of the Labour Party. He’s the prime minister of the United Kingdom. But who is Keir Starmer – and is he just a pawn in someone else’s game?

Get In: The Inside Story of Labour under Starmer is the new book by British political journalists Patrick Maguire and Gabriel Pogrund, of the Times and Sunday Times respectively.

It tells the story of how an ostensibly loyal member of Jeremy Corbyn’s cabinet became part of a “plot without precedent in Labour history” to succeed him.

Or rather, how a state servant and former human rights lawyer with no real political ideology became the frontman for the return of Blairism, while continuing to invoke Israel’s “right to defend herself” as the bodies piled up in Gaza.

Read more: 'Get In': The plot involving a pro-Israel Irishman that helped Keir Starmer to power

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer exits 10 Downing Street in London on 23 July 2024, to greet Jordan's King ahead of their meeting (Benjamin Cremel/AFP)
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer exits 10 Downing Street in London on 23 July 2024, to greet Jordan's King ahead of their meeting (Benjamin Cremel/AFP)