Keir Starmer regrets not having closer relationship with ‘difficult’ father, Labour leader reveals
The IndependentSign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Sir Keir Starmer has opened up about his complicated relationship with his father during an interview on the BBC Radio 4 show Desert Island Discs. "I don't often talk about my dad,” Sir Keir told the programme’s host Lauren Laverne. He didn't particularly like to socialise, so he wouldn't really go out very much.” Rodney’s wife Josephine, a nurse, was forced to give up work because she had Still’s disease, a rare autoimmune disease which gradually robbed Sir Keir’s mother of her speech and movement. During his interview Sir Keir also revealed his favourite music, including Northern Soul records which reminded him of early years living in a “grotty flat” in London above a sauna and massage parlour, and Jim Reeves’s ‘Welcome To My World’, which was his mother’s favourite track.
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