Keir Starmer the Continuity Arsenal Labour leader
Show Racism the Red Card Q&A. The Community Hub. Emirates Stadium, 10/5/16. Credit : Arsenal Football Club / David Price.
The former leader of the Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn is a well-known Arsenal supporter.
Keir Starmer became the Continuity Arsenal fan Labour leader on 4th April 2020
He told Stephen Moss in the Guardian in 2009:
Starmer’s hobby is football, and as well as watching Arsenal he turns out twice a week for Homerton Academicals, who play not far from his home in north London
https://www.theguardian.com/global/2009/sep/21/keir-starmer-director-public-prosecutions
The Observer (5th April 2020 had an update)
He is a huge Arsenal fan,” says Patrick Stevens. “He goes with the same group of his mates to a pub off the Holloway Road before every match. Keir also organises five-a-side games every Sunday and Monday. He sends out the texts and collects the subs.” Asked about his playing abilities Stevens added: “He is a midfield general … with a silky left foot.”
Given that Starmer is a long-term fan one wonders if he developed his well-known forensic approach to politics from the theory and practice of former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, famous himself for his cautious and forensic approach.
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