Quem é Keir Starmer, vencedor das eleições britânicas e futuro primeiro-ministro
Com ele, o partido Trabalhista volta a ser maioria na Câmara dos Comuns depois de 14 anos de hegemonia do Partido Conservador
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Keir Starmer, líder do Partido Trabalhista, durante comício (Andy Buchanan/AFP)
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Publicado em 5 de julho de 2024 às 08h22.
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Keir Starmer, o político que mudou os rumos do Partido Trabalhista do Reino Unido para aproximá-lo de posições mais ao centro, será o sétimo primeiro-ministro de sua legenda, após colocar ponto final a 14 anos de governos conservadores.
A ascensão de Starmer também coincide com o centenário da chegada ao poder do primeiro chefe de governo trabalhista, Ramsay MacDonald, que esteve no cargo entre janeiro e novembro de 1924 com um governo minoritário, que depois se repetiu entre 1929 e 1931.
Após esse período, o partido voltou ao governo após a Segunda Guerra com Clement Attlee (1945-1951), quando aprofundou o estado de bem-estar social e estabeleceu o Serviço Nacional de Saúde (NHS, na sigla em inglês).
Nas décadas de 1960 e 1970, viveu sua era de ouro com Harold Wilson e James Callaghan, antes das chegadas de Tony Blair e Gordon Brown, primeiros-ministros entre 1997 e 2010.
Aos 61 anos, Starmer assume agora o bastão de Blair e Brown, derrotando o atual premiê conservador Rishi Sunak, que ficou menos de dois anos no cargo.
Entrada tardia na política
Trabalhista desde o berço, tendo herdado seu primeiro nome de Keir Hadie, fundador e primeiro líder do partido no início do século XX, Starmer assumiu as rédeas do grupo político há quatro anos.
Em abril de 2020, sucedeu a seu antecessor Jeremy Corbyn, defensor de uma ideologia mais à esquerda, após um duro revés do grupo nas eleições legislativas de 2019. Depois desse fracasso, Starmer mudou o rumo do partido, afastando-o das teses mais radicais de Corbyn.
O novo premiê, no entanto, entrou tarde na política e chegou pela primeira vez ao Parlamento aos 52 anos (a mesma idade com que o ex-premiê Tony Blair deixou a liderança do Partido Trabalhista), após ser eleito pelo distrito londrino de Holborn e Saint Pancras em 2015.
Mas sua ambição para alçar voos mais altos na política sempre esteve clara desde o princípio, como, por exemplo, quando foi perguntado em uma antiga entrevista sobre como gostaria de ser lembrado.
"Como alguém que teve um governo trabalhista ousado e reformista. Como um grande pai e amigo", respondeu.
E o sonho de chegar a Downing Street, a residência oficial do primeiro-ministro, finalmente se concretizou.
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1/11 Britain's incoming Prime Minister Keir Starmer and leader of the Labour Party, addresses the nation after his general election victory, outside 10 Downing Street in London on July 5, 2024, a day after Britain held a general election. Starmer became Britain's new prime minister, as his centre-left opposition Labour party swept to a landslide general election victory, ending 14 years of right-wing Conservative rule. (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP) (BRITAIN-POLITICS-VOTE)
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![Britain's King Charles III (R) meets with Britain's incoming Prime Minister Keir Starmer during an audience at Buckingham Palace in London on July 5, 2024, a day after Britain held a general election. Starmer became Britain's new prime minister, as his centre-left opposition Labour party swept to a landslide general election victory, ending 14 years of right-wing Conservative rule. (Photo by Yui Mok / POOL / AFP)]( "Britain's King Charles III (R) meets with Britain's incoming Prime Minister Keir Starmer during an audience at Buckingham Palace in London on July 5, 2024, a day after Britain held a general election. Starmer became Britain's new prime minister, as his centre-left opposition Labour party swept to a landslide general election victory, ending 14 years of right-wing Conservative rule. (Photo by Yui Mok / POOL / AFP)")
2/11 Britain's King Charles III (R) meets with Britain's incoming Prime Minister Keir Starmer during an audience at Buckingham Palace in London on July 5, 2024, a day after Britain held a general election. Starmer became Britain's new prime minister, as his centre-left opposition Labour party swept to a landslide general election victory, ending 14 years of right-wing Conservative rule. (Photo by Yui Mok / POOL / AFP) (BRITAIN-POLITICS-VOTE-ROYALS)
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3/11 Britain's incoming Prime Minister Keir Starmer and leader of the Labour Party, and his wife Victoria pose on the steps of 10 Downing Street in London on July 5, 2024, a day after Britain held a general election. Starmer became Britain's new prime minister, as his centre-left opposition Labour party swept to a landslide general election victory, ending 14 years of right-wing Conservative rule. (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP) (BRITAIN-POLITICS-VOTE)
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4/11 Britain's incoming Prime Minister Keir Starmer and leader of the Labour Party, addresses the nation after his general election victory, outside 10 Downing Street in London on July 5, 2024, a day after Britain held a general election. Starmer became Britain's new prime minister, as his centre-left opposition Labour party swept to a landslide general election victory, ending 14 years of right-wing Conservative rule. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP) (BRITAIN-POLITICS-VOTE)
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![Britain's King Charles III (R) welcomes Britain's incoming Prime Minister Keir Starmer during an audience at Buckingham Palace in London on July 5, 2024, a day after Britain held a general election. Starmer became Britain's new prime minister, as his centre-left opposition Labour party swept to a landslide general election victory, ending 14 years of right-wing Conservative rule. (Photo by Yui Mok / POOL / AFP)]( "Britain's King Charles III (R) welcomes Britain's incoming Prime Minister Keir Starmer during an audience at Buckingham Palace in London on July 5, 2024, a day after Britain held a general election. Starmer became Britain's new prime minister, as his centre-left opposition Labour party swept to a landslide general election victory, ending 14 years of right-wing Conservative rule. (Photo by Yui Mok / POOL / AFP)")
5/11 Britain's King Charles III (R) welcomes Britain's incoming Prime Minister Keir Starmer during an audience at Buckingham Palace in London on July 5, 2024, a day after Britain held a general election. Starmer became Britain's new prime minister, as his centre-left opposition Labour party swept to a landslide general election victory, ending 14 years of right-wing Conservative rule. (Photo by Yui Mok / POOL / AFP) (BRITAIN-POLITICS-VOTE-ROYALS)
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![Britain's King Charles III (R) welcomes Britain's incoming Prime Minister Keir Starmer during an audience at Buckingham Palace in London on July 5, 2024, a day after Britain held a general election. Starmer became Britain's new prime minister, as his centre-left opposition Labour party swept to a landslide general election victory, ending 14 years of right-wing Conservative rule. (Photo by Yui Mok / POOL / AFP)]( "Britain's King Charles III (R) welcomes Britain's incoming Prime Minister Keir Starmer during an audience at Buckingham Palace in London on July 5, 2024, a day after Britain held a general election. Starmer became Britain's new prime minister, as his centre-left opposition Labour party swept to a landslide general election victory, ending 14 years of right-wing Conservative rule. (Photo by Yui Mok / POOL / AFP)")
6/11 Britain's King Charles III (R) welcomes Britain's incoming Prime Minister Keir Starmer during an audience at Buckingham Palace in London on July 5, 2024, a day after Britain held a general election. Starmer became Britain's new prime minister, as his centre-left opposition Labour party swept to a landslide general election victory, ending 14 years of right-wing Conservative rule. (Photo by Yui Mok / POOL / AFP) (BRITAIN-POLITICS-VOTE-ROYALS)
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![O primeiro-ministro britânico Keir Starmer e líder do Partido Trabalhista, se dirige à nação após sua vitória nas eleições gerais, em frente ao número 10 da Downing Street em Londres, em 5 de julho de 2024, um dia após a Grã-Bretanha realizar uma eleição geral.]( "O primeiro-ministro britânico Keir Starmer e líder do Partido Trabalhista, se dirige à nação após sua vitória nas eleições gerais, em frente ao número 10 da Downing Street em Londres, em 5 de julho de 2024, um dia após a Grã-Bretanha realizar uma eleição geral.")
8/11 O primeiro-ministro britânico Keir Starmer e líder do Partido Trabalhista, se dirige à nação após sua vitória nas eleições gerais, em frente ao número 10 da Downing Street em Londres, em 5 de julho de 2024, um dia após a Grã-Bretanha realizar uma eleição geral. (BRITAIN-POLITICS-VOTE)
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![HITCHIN, ENGLAND - JULY 1: Labour Leader, Sir Keir Starmer, poses for photographers after delivering a stump speech at Hitchin Town Football Club on July 1, 2024 in Hitchin, England. Labour is still riding high in the polls with a 20-point lead over the Conservative Party. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)]( "HITCHIN, ENGLAND - JULY 1: Labour Leader, Sir Keir Starmer, poses for photographers after delivering a stump speech at Hitchin Town Football Club on July 1, 2024 in Hitchin, England. Labour is still riding high in the polls with a 20-point lead over the Conservative Party. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)")
11/11 HITCHIN, ENGLAND - JULY 1: Labour Leader, Sir Keir Starmer, poses for photographers after delivering a stump speech at Hitchin Town Football Club on July 1, 2024 in Hitchin, England. Labour is still riding high in the polls with a 20-point lead over the Conservative Party. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images) (Keir Starmer Campaigns In The Home Counties As Election Day Comes Closer)
Advogado e torcedor do Arsenal
Nascido no bairro londrino de Southwark, ao sul da capital, estudou direito na Universidade de Leeds, e continuou sua formação como advogado de grande reputação em Oxford.
O direito também serviu de ponte para que conhecesse sua esposa, Victoria, que também se dedica à advocacia e com quem tem dois filhos.
"Estávamos trabalhando juntos em um caso e tive a audácia de questionar parte do trabalho que ela estava fazendo. Então, a primeira opinião dela sobre mim foi dizer a seus amigos: 'quem ele pensa que é">
Apaixonado por futebol, praticou o esporte como amador. Seguro de si mesmo, afirmou certa vez que derrotaria Boris Johnson, ex-premiê conservador, se ambos fossem adversários em uma partida.
"Detesto perder, principalmente no futebol e na política. Jogo futebol toda semana, no meio do campo, comandando. Muita gente fala que o importante é competir. Não sou dessa opinião. O que importa é vencer", afirmou em outra oportunidade.
Agora, com seu novo cargo de primeiro-ministro, será mais difícil frequentar seu pub preferido para assistir aos jogos de seu time, o Arsenal, do qual é torcedor fanático e sócio há muitos anos, ou se misturar à multidão no Emirates Stadium.
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