‘Who the f**k does he think he is?’: Keir Starmer’s wife’s verdict after they first met

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Keir Starmer’s spouse requested “who the f**k does he think he is?” after their first assembly, the Labour chief has revealed.

A former solicitor, Vic, as he calls her, didn’t take flippantly to her future husband grilling her on the accuracy of some paperwork.

When they had completed talking, over the cellphone, he overheard her say to a colleague: “Who the f**k does he think he is?”

“You might think, ‘Not the best of starts,’ but it was absolutely classic Vic,” he advised Vogue journal. “Very sassy, very down to earth, no nonsense from anyone, including from me.”

In a wide-ranging interview the man who can be the UK’s subsequent prime minister mentioned his expertise engaged on demise row instances had made him powerful sufficient to be do the high job.

“My answer to that is: ‘Look, if you’ve sat in a cell with someone and had to make the decision about their case which could result in them living or dying, then you’ve had to take some tough decisions,’” he mentioned.

He additionally mentioned he and spouse “share” the home tasks, though he admitted: “Vic would say she does the majority of it.”

When it involves childcare, they had “the usual juggling as a family, particularly when our kids were very young”, he mentioned, including: “This is a massive issue for many families. Childcare is very expensive.”

The interview was carried out earlier than this week’s U-turn on plans to spend £28 billion on inexperienced investments. Sir Keir Starmer has insisted Labour is being “straight” with voters amid criticism over the resolution to ditch the key pledge.

MPs on the left of the get together, in addition to environmental teams, commerce union allies and power business figures have expressed disappointment at the transfer.