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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Peter Walker

Starmer removed Thatcher portrait as he dislikes ‘pictures of people staring down at him’

The portrait, painted by Richard Stone, was commissioned by Gordon Brown in 2009.
The portrait, painted by Richard Stone, was commissioned by Gordon Brown in 2009. Photograph: Reuters

Keir Starmer has said that he ordered a portrait of Margaret Thatcher to be moved out of his Downing Street study not out of dislike for her, but because he dislikes working with pictures of anyone looking down at him.

In another personal revelation in a BBC interview aired on Sunday morning, Starmer said the Siberian kitten acquired by the family as part of a deal negotiated by his children “for moving into Downing Street” had been called Prince.

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