Failure. I hate losing, particularly at football and politics. I play five-a-side every week – middle of midfield, barking orders. Some people say it’s the taking part that counts. I am not in that camp. It’s the winning that counts.
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Keir Starmer
b. 1963
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Born in London, Starmer, 60, studied law at the University of Leeds and became a barrister, specialising in human rights. He rose to become director of public prosecutions in 2008. In 2014, he was knighted for services to law and criminal justice. A year later, he entered parliament as Labour MP for Holborn and St Pancras. In 2015, he became shadow minister for immigration and then, in 2016, shadow secretary for exiting the EU. In 2020, he was elected leader of the Labour party. He is married with two children, and lives in London.
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Vic, my wife, has over the years reduced my impatience, but anybody who has been in a traffic jam with me will know that she hasn’t completed the task yet.
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