00:00sir keir who previously said he would serve out the rest of his term will step down as the m
00:07p for holborn and st pancras a move that will trigger a contest in the north london seat applications to
00:15stand for labor opened on tuesday and closed on friday
00:18with the candidate to be picked by the ninth of september green party leader zach polanski is understood to be
00:26considering standing in the constituency represented by sir keir for 11 years sir keir a former director of public prosecutions
00:37was first elected to the traditionally safe labor seat in 2015 after taking over the labor leadership from jeremy corbyn
00:47in 2020
00:47he led the party to a landslide election victory with a 174 seat majority some four years later but the
00:57mood of optimism among labor activists who hoped for a calm stable government after the turmoil of the previous decade
01:05dissipated amid a succession of high profile u-turns from welfare reform to digital id which created a sense of
01:14drift and indecision at the hearts of government
01:17sir keir's interest in overseas affairs was apparent during his premiership when his critics labeled him never hear keir because
01:26of the amount of time he spent on diplomatic missions
