China News Agency, London, April 4 (Reporter Zhang Ping) The leader of the UK ’s largest opposition Labor Party announced the voting results on the 4th. Sir Keir Starmer led the way with a support rate of 56.2%, replacing Jerry M. Corbin became the new leader of the Labor Party.
Stamo, 57, said in a post-elected Twitter video, "It is the honor of my life to be elected as the new leader of the Labor Party." Stamo was the first person in his family to go to college. He studied law at the University of Leeds and Oxford University. Later, he specialized in the defense of human rights cases. In 2002, he became the legal counsel of the British royal family. In 2018, he was appointed to the Royal Family. Attorney General of the Procuratorate. Since 2015, he has been a member of Parliament for Holborn and St Pancras constituencies, and has played an important role in promoting Labor ’s support for the second Brexit referendum.
Stamo, who had served as the former shadow Brexit minister, has put forward proposals such as increasing personal income tax on the top 5% of the population, setting national health goals, and introducing the Clean Air Act to solve pollution problems.
Stamo said in the video, "We are now going through a difficult period. The new coronavirus epidemic reminds us how precious life is, but how fragile. In such an era, we need a better government, a rescue. Lives and protects the government of the country. "
Stamo stressed that during the epidemic, the ruling Conservative government will be urged to fulfill its responsibilities to save lives and protect the entire country. "We must move forward with a better vision, which also requires courage and change in our party." (Finish)