Politics newest information: ‘Almost nothing daunts me’ about being PM, says Starmer

Sir Keir Starmer stated “almost nothing daunts” him in regards to the prospect of changing into prime minister however he admitted he’s anxious in regards to the affect the job might have on his youngsters. 

Asked if he and his household had been prepared for him to grow to be PM, Sir Keir advised ITV’s This Morning programme: “I am never letting you near my shadow cabinet because every week I have to say to them ‘ignore the polls, fight like we are five points behind’. 

“But obviously this is election year, this is the year we have been waiting for, working for, and Vic and I, we take one step at a time, we cross each bridge as we get to it. 

“Almost nothing daunts me about the job I have got to do. The thing that worries me is our kids. My boy is 15, he is going on 16, doing his GCSEs and… our girl is 13 going on 16 and so they are at an age where what I do impacts them almost more than at any other age.”

Rishi Sunak has stated his “working assumption” is that the following normal election will happen within the second half of this yr. Labour has maintained a double digit lead over the Tories in opinion polls in current months. 

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