‘Sir Sleepy’, it seems, is back. On the eve of taking up the most important job in the country, Keir Starmer has revealed that he will refuse to work around the clock should his party win Thursday’s election. Speaking to Virgin Radio this afternoon, the Labour leader contrasted himself with the current premier, well known for keeping long work hours.
Starmer, who has two teenage children, said that he ‘will not do a work-related thing after 6pm [on a Friday] pretty well come what may.’ He claimed that spending time with his kids ‘takes me away from the pressure [and] relaxes me’, adding that the time away from work made him a better decision maker. Having revealed that his relationship with his own father was ‘distant’, it is understandable why Starmer would want to change things for his own kids.
Yet it is quite the claim to make, given that the top job is, er, demanding to say the least.
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