TOM BALDWIN has spent most of his life writing about or working in politics from Westminster to Washington. He began his career on local newspapers before having senior roles for the Sunday Telegraph and The Times. He was the Labour Party's communications director under Ed Miliband and later helped run a mass campaign for a second referendum on Europe. He lives in London with his family.
'It tells us much we need to know about the man who will be prime minister… The access is so comprehensive and his subject so uncharacteristically candid that exploring this private world can almost feel prurient… At times it is unclear whether Starmer grasps the significance of what he has done in cooperating with this biography’ PATRICK MAGUIRE, THE TIMES ‘As intimate an insight into Britain’s likely next Prime Minister as readers are probably going to get… and crucial to understanding what makes him tick.’ GABY HINSLIFF, THE GUARDIAN 'This story, told with sensitivity and simplicity, offers readers an insight into the question voters across Britain will ask this year: who really is our possible next prime minister? The picture painted of Sir Keir’s motivations and make-up is skillfully done, with all the nuance kept in; [it will] engage any reader hoping to understand the man who may be running Britain come the end of the year' BEN RILEY-SMITH, DAILY TELEGRAPH ‘A fair minded, unflashy biography…[of] our next serious Prime Minister. Watch this space. Attlee may have some competition’ ROBERT MCCRUM, INDEPENDENT ‘If you want to understand what drives the man who would lead Britain, start here – sharp, smart and illuminating' EMILY MAITLIS ‘Required reading for anyone who has an interest in who governs Britain' ALASTAIR CAMPBELL ‘Beautifully written’ ISABEL HARDMAN, I PAPER ‘A penetrating new biography of the Labour Party’s leader’ THE ECONOMIST ‘This compelling book sheds much-needed light on the real Keir Starmer’ THE SCOTSMAN ‘You should read before the election' JAMES O’BRIEN, LBC