Sir Keir Starmer has spent much of today batting away Tory attacks about how he spends his Friday evenings with his family - but the Labour leader couldn't resist giving his thoughts on one of the tactical conundrums facing England manager Gareth Southgate at the Euros.
Over the last 24 hours, the Tory party has been attacking Sir Keir Starmer for expressing a desire to spend Friday evenings with his family.The father-of-two said he would continue to have 'protected time for the kids' at the end of the week if he were to take over as PM on 5 July.The Conservatives said he would be a 'part-time prime minister', but Sir Keir has hit back, labelling the attacks 'laughably pathetic'.
'That doesn’t mean I’ve never had to work on a Friday, of course it doesn't - plenty of times I haven't been able to do it.'But I've tried to protect that time. I'd like to try and protect it in the future, but I know very well, it's going to be really difficult to do it.
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