Sir Keir Starmer may not be polling all that well with the British public but he’s managed to garner some overseas admiration. It transpires that the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen has penned an enthusiastic piece in Time magazine on the UK Prime Minister, lauding his previous work in the courts and heaping praise on his diplomatic talents. How very interesting…
Von der Leyen gushes that ‘as a young human rights lawyer, Keir Starmer fought against the death penalty in courts across the world’, going on to rave:
Throughout his career, he worked to safeguard the values of justice and democracy – even taking on Vladimir Putin’s government, representing the widow of murdered Kremlin critic Alexander Litvinenko. Those same principles have guided him since he became the UK’s Prime Minister this past July… As we embark on building this new security architecture I am glad to have someone with Keir Starmer’s dedication and strong principles as a partner.
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