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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Mark Brown North of England correspondent

Vanilla nice? The 99s are on Starmer in Blackpool as local elections loom

Sir Keir Starmer Blackpool Christopher Thomond Bridget Phillipson Chris Webb the Labour party Theresa May
Keir Starmer on a visit to Notariannis ice-cream parlour in Blackpool.
Keir Starmer on a visit to Notariannis ice-cream parlour in Blackpool. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

Of all the people Keir Starmer should meet on a bank holiday visit to Blackpool, it was a former neighbour from decades ago who wanted to chat about Kentish Town.

Starmer and Carol Morgan, visiting from Potters Bar, had a really warm, nostalgic chat about house numbers and where they had lived in relation to the local swimming pool as the Labour leader ordered ice-creams.

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