That Starmer fella...

For example?

The first thing to remember tis that Starmer's appointment as DPP turned a lot of heads because of his perceived left leaning bias.

In the words of David Renton, Barrister and former Socialist Worker Party member:

As a “leftwing lawyer” and “principled opponent of state power”, he was not an “obvious choice” to lead the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and this was “borne out by some of his decisions”

In terms of things that make me feel that Starmer has left leaning ideals: (I accept that this is not a definitive proof of anything but I feel that taken together, they show he is not right wing).

Legal work (both before and after DPP)

• Did a lot of pro bono work fighitng death penalty cases and campaigning to end the death penalty in various African and Caribbean countries.
  
• Various involvements in Stephen Lawrence murder, pushing for Met to be investigated for institutional racism, ultimately leading to the retrial.
  
• Actively pushed for softer sentences in assisted suicide cases.
  
• A big part of the MP expenses scandal seeing the light of day was down to Starmer. Prosecuted three Labour MPs for it.
  
• Has received several international awards for his human rights law work.
  
• Opposed attempts to repeal the human rights act.
  
• McLibel
  
• Oversaw a human rights reform process for policing in Northern Ireland
  
• Provided legal opinions challenging the legality of the Iraq war.
  
• Supported investigations into UK inteligence services torturing prisoners oversees
  
• Changed rules to make it more likely for MPs to be investigated and prosecuted for law breaking. (Chris Huhne etc)
  
  
  

Outside of his legal work

• Advocates for significant increase in spending for the NHS and public health.
  
• In favour of abolishing tuition fees
  
• In favour of increased mesures to prevent tax avoidance
  
• Against corporation tax reductions
  
• In favour of nationalising regional bus services and railways.
  
• In favour of assisted suicide
  
• In favour of higher taxation of banks and financial institutions
  
• Voted against restrictive regulation of trade unions
  
• Voted against most bills to introduce stricter immigration rules
  
• Voted against stricter asylum rules
  
• In favour of reducing voting age to 16
  
• In favour of more power to Sottish and Welsh assemblies
  
• Opposed phasing out secure tenancies for vulnerable people
  
• Anti fracking
  
• Votes cosnsitently in favour of more envrionmental protections
  
• Opposed HS2
  
• Consistently voted against use of UK military forces in combat operations overseas
  
• Voted for more EU integration (before Brexit)
  
• Opposed cuts to welfare spending
  
• Almost always voted for paying higher benefits over longer periods for those unable to work due to illness or disability
  
  

IMHO, if you look at his track record as a barrister and MP, its very hard to form the opinion that he is a Tory in sheeps clothing. He's a man who has built a career on standards in public life and protecting human rights and individual freedoms.