Can Britain’s Labour Party Teach Kamala Harris How to Win? – POLITICO

At first glance, unexpected US presidential candidate Kamala Harris and newly elected British Prime Minister Keir Starmer seem to have little in common.

An understated technocrat, known more for his caution and quiet ruthlessness than his rhetorical skills, Harris is becoming known for his energetic campaign style that combines high politics and celebrity.

Less than a month after replacing Joe Biden as the Democratic nominee for U.S. president, Harris has cemented herself as a rising Gen Z icon, thanks to a flood of Charli XCX-inspired memes.

Starmer, on the other hand, is much less enthusiastic about the children, even having to deny that he was a ‘political robot’ during the election campaign.

But given Starmer’s overwhelming success in the July 4 UK election, when his Labour Party overwhelmingly defeated the right-of-centre Conservatives, Democrats, who face a neck-and-neck race to counter the threat of Donald Trump, are paying close attention.

Sister parties

Labor, the Democrats’ unofficial sister party, is happy to cooperate, not least to curry favor with politicians likely to serve in Harris’s White House in the future.