What will Prime Minister Keir Starmer mean for the US-UK relationship?

The United Kingdom has a new prime minister in the form of Sir Keir Starmer. His Labour Party secured a majority of around 170 seats in Thursday’s election, giving him significant latitude to make new laws. Starmer is married with two teenage children.

Law is something Starmer knows quite a bit about. Prior to his 2015 entry into Parliament, he was the director of public prosecutions for England and Wales. That put him in charge of all criminal prosecutions. Earning respect for his willingness to pursue cases against corrupt politicians from different parties, including Labour, Starmer was knighted after leaving this role in 2014. The new prime minister is viewed as a somewhat boring but otherwise smart and decent man. After years of Conservative chaos, that is likely to give him a honeymoon period with the British public.