The obsession with football, the TV banned by his father, the influence of his wife, Brexit: “I’ll tell you who Keir Starmer really is, a reluctant politician”

LONDON – Who is Keir Starmer? Of course, the leader of the Labor Party and very likely the next British Prime Minister. Yet, very little is known about him. Because Starmer is an anti-star politician: private, methodical, always very careful, sometimes shy. “Yes, he’s boring. But I know a lot about Keir that I can now share. Mine is a rare book because it is nearly impossible to have such access to a leader in an election year.