At first glance, it seems that unexpected US presidential candidate Kamala Harris and newly elected British Prime Minister Keir Starmer have little in common.
He is a buttoned-up technocrat known more for his caution and quiet ruthlessness than for his oratorical skills. Harris, on the other hand, is increasingly known for her energetic campaigning style that combines high politics and celebrity.
In less than a month since she replaced Joe Biden as the likely Democratic nominee for the U.S. presidency, Harris has earned the status of a rising Gen Z icon thanks to a flood of Charli XCX-inspired memes.
Starmer, on the other hand, is far less open-minded and even had to deny during the election campaign that he is a “political robot”.
But given Starmer’s overwhelming success in the British election on July 4, in which his Labour Party crushed the right-of-centre Conservatives, Democrats are watching developments closely. They face an uphill battle to fend off the threat posed by Donald Trump.
Sister parties
Labor, the Democrats’ unofficial sister party, is happy to comply with this request – not least in order to curry favor with the politicians who will probably sit in the future White House under Harris.
