Starmer launches bid for leadership of Labour Party

LONDON (Reuters) - Keir Starmer, a former senior public prosecutor, launched his bid to replace Jeremy Corbyn as the leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party on Saturday with a defence of his efforts to stand up for "the powerless and against the powerful". Labour's spokesman on Brexit, who is seen as a party centrist who could struggle to win over left-wing members who backed Corbyn, released a video talking up his role in key flashpoints in Britain's social history

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