Sir Keir Starmer has spoken of his strained relationship with his father.
The Labour leader said: “I don’t often talk about my dad.
“He was a difficult man, a complicated man.
"He kept himself to himself. He didn’t particularly like to socialise.
“But he was incredibly hard working. He worked as a tool maker on a factory floor all of his life.
"Also, he had this utter commitment and devotion to my mum.”
Mr Starmer’s mother, Josephine, died in 2015 after suffering from the autoimmune condition Still’s disease.
His dad Rod died in 2018.
The politician was speaking on Desert Island Discs on BBC Radio 4.
The Northern Soul fan chose Dobie Gray’s Out On The Floor, as well as Jim Reeves’ Welcome To My World – his mum’s favourite.
