Sir Keir Starmer is certainly well-equipped for the task of dealing with the abuse of human rights laws and, thus, easing the migration crisis. Before politics, which he’s keen to remind us he entered comparatively late in life, he had been an extremely successful human rights lawyer – he has indeed “written the book”.
He won a prestigious award for his considerable pro bono work in challenging the death penalty in various Commonwealth nations, and as director of public prosecutions he dealt with many high-profile rights-related cases, such as the murder of Stephen Lawrence and, as he told his party conference this week, the victims of the Hillsborough tragedy.
