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18.05.2021 - 22:57 / nme.com
The Thick Of It by people online.According to The Times, Sir Keir is considering starring in a fly-on-the-wall documentary in a bid to broaden his appeal to the electorate.But the news has backfired for the Labour leader, whose party was recently eviscerated in local elections, by TV fans imagining that it will play out like scenes from the BBC political satire The Thick Of It.A production company is reportedly in talks with Sir Keir about spotlighting the experience of being leader of the
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Sir Keir Starmer was left on the brink of tears as he discussed the passing of his beloved mother during an interview on Piers Morgan's Life Stories. In a teaser clip shared on Good Morning Britain on Tuesday, the Labour party leader looked visibly upset as he reflected on his mother's battle with the rare and incurable illness, Still's Disease.
The Thick Of It star Chris Addison has reacted to the proposed fly-on-the-wall docuseries about Labour Party leader Keir Starmer, saying such a prospect could “never go well”.Since news leaked of the mooted documentary last week, which is reportedly being created in a bid to broaden Starmer’s appeal to the electorate, it has been compared to Armando Iannucci’s beloved comedy series on social media.“It should be helpful to them, The Thick Of It,” Addison (who played political aide Oliver Reeder,
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Starmer tried to regroup with a reshuffle that saw Scot Annelise Dodds replaced by Rachel Reeves as shadow chancellor. Dodds will now become the Labour Party’s chair, replacing deputy leader Angela Rayner, who fought back against a move to make her carry the can for the loss of Hartlepool.Rayner fought off attempts to scapegoat her for the poor election performance and won a promotion to shadow Michael Gove at the Cabinet Office and be shadow secretary of state for the future of work.