Starmer reveals relief at 10pm exit poll and pride in high number of state-educated, female cabinet ministers
Keir Starmer touched upon a number of difficult topics in his first press conference as prime minister, answering questions on
The 20-minute session also gave way to a few lighthearted moments from a politician who has long been accused of“I’ve got a basic understanding of the rooms I’ve used so far here, and that’s good, but there are plenty of hidden places I’ve yet to discover,” Starmer said. “We are not unpacked quite yet, but we will be soon and we’ll be moving in soon. But there’s a bit of work to do before then.”“I am getting used to it,” Starmer said, in response to a question from Channel 4.
While he repeated at least twice that he was “happy to be called Keir”, he acknowledged the importance for those in civil service to address him by his new title. “For them, it is important to refer to the office holder as ‘prime minister’ because they’re serving the office,” he said. “I recognised this when I was director of public prosecutions. It is actually important to them to use the title because it reinforces in them what they are doing by way of public service and I respect that and understand that.”“I was pleased to see that exit poll,” he said.
“I didn’t believe it until, like everybody else, I stayed up to watch every single result come in. It was only as the final results came through that I was confident we got to where we needed to be to do the work that we need to do.”“I’m really proud of the fact that my cabinet reflects the aspiration that I believe lies at the heart of our country,” he said.
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