Starmer says decision to remove Thatcher portrait from No 10 not about her ‘at all’
The IndependentGet the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Sir Keir Starmer’s decision to remove a portrait of Margaret Thatcher from a Downing Street study was not about her “at all”, the Prime Minister said. Sir Keir Starmer He told the BBC’s Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg: “I use the study for quietly reading most afternoons where I have got to have… where there is a difficult paper that I need to. I like landscapes.” Sir Keir added: “This is my study, it is my private place where I got to work. The Prime Minister’s biographer Tom Baldwin revealed recently it the portrait had been removed from the room as Sir Keir found it “unsettling”, leading to backlash from some Tory-aligned commentators and politicians.
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