Keir Starmer sobbed to Gyles Brandreth about his childhood – but he's still a Tory
The Prime Minister spoke to broadcaster and former MP Gyles Brandreth last year during an episode of his weekly podcast, Rosebud.
Sir Keir Starmer once cried during an episode of Gyles Brandreth's weekly podcast, Rosebud. The prime minister sat down with the former MP and broadcaster last summer and spoke about his life growing up and life before politics. During the candid chat, Keir reminisced about his childhood in a village in Surrey, and he recalled cramped car journeys in a Ford Cortina with four kids and four dogs squeezed onto the back seat. He also remembered the impact his mum's serious illness had on him, his father, and the rest of the family. Sir Keir also opened up about his university days, his love of football, and his first encounter with his wife.
Writing in his column in The Spectator, Gyles wrote at the time, "Starmer told me about his mother, a victim of Still’s disease, an incurable condition that causes painful swelling of the joints and organs, and how his father’s devotion to her kept him emotionally distant from his children.
"He had tears in his eyes for much of our conversation, and when I asked him for his first recollection of profound sadness, he cried. The whole conversation gave me a flavour of the man. At the end, when we stood up, we hugged. It wasn’t contrived. I did not feel I was being conned. I am still a Conservative."
In recent news, Starmer has vowed that the Labour Government "will fight" their "rivals" Reform UK in a fiery showdown with his own MPs.
The prime minister addressed a private meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party last night after his "sell-out" EU deal, once again casting down the Conservative Party as his official opposition.
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Starmer told Labour MPs they now held a "moral responsibility to make sure Nigel Farage never wins" as he repeated a string of Labour attack lines against the Reform leader.
"The Conservatives are not our principal opponent," Starmer said. "Reform is our main rival for power."
It comes after Sir Keir struck a deal with Brussels covering key sectors such as security, food standards, and immigration. The prime minister welcomed Ursula von der Leyen and Antonio Costa to Lancaster House in London yesterday. He was later accused of "surrendering" fishing waters for the next 12 years in a “fish for food” arrangement.
