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Tom Baldwin, author of a book about the prime minister, shared his thoughts on the prime minister's character and potential future roles. He believes the prime minister has the necessary qualities for the job, including resilience and relentlessness. The prime minister may be interested in a role such as NATO Secretary-General, but this would require support from Andy Burnham's government.
- ▪Tom Baldwin thinks the prime minister has the necessary qualities for the job, including resilience and relentlessness.
- ▪The prime minister may be interested in a role such as NATO Secretary-General.
- ▪Andy Burnham's government would need to support the prime minister for him to take on a role like NATO Secretary-General.
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Tom Baldwin, author of Starmer’s hagiography, spoke to Times Radio: Tom Baldwin: “I think he’d like to do something. He’s very dutiful and driven by service. That’s why he came into politics. I think that’s characterised his time as prime minister. He hasn’t always sought popularity or been good at being popular. But I think he has some of the necessary qualities that we actually do want in a prime minister. That resilience, that relentlessness, that ability to carry the weight and the job really does weigh very heavily on people and he carries that weight very, very well.” Jo Coburn: “NATO Secretary-General?” Tom Baldwin: “I think that’s something that he would be interested in.
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