Why equal partner Victoria Starmer was the trusted co-pilot behind Keir’s graceful exit

Government

For a man so often thought of as unemotional, hearing the Prime Minister’s voice crack outside Downing Street was as unexpected as Margaret Thatcher’s tears in her ministerial car. But it was not surprising that Keir Starmer's lawyer's tone faltered as he mentioned his wife, Victoria, and his “beautiful children”. Starmer has often called Victoria his “rock” in office and he said it again on the steps of Downing Street – “a rock by my side in times bad and good”. And it was Victoria’s arms he

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