US EditionStarmer says decision to remove Thatcher portrait from No 10 not about her ‘at all’
- Sir Keir Starmer removed a portrait of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher from the No 10 study because he does not "like images and pictures of people staring down" at him.
- He stated, “This is not actually about Margaret Thatcher at all,” emphasizing his discomfort with such images.
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Last week, controversy broke out in the United Kingdom after it transpired that Labour Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer decided to change the location of the famous painting of Margaret Thatcher at 10 Downing Street, considering it “disturbing”. Now, the premier, who took office last July, has given explanations as to why he has moved the portrait of his predecessor in office between 1979 and 1990 and which hung in the main study of the official …
'I like landscapes': Starmer on decision to remove Thatcher portrait
Sir Keir Starmer's decision to remove a portrait of Margaret Thatcher from a Downing Street study was not about her "at all", the Prime Minister said.Eyebrows were raised by some in Westminster when reports emerged that Sir Keir would remove the painting of his predecessor from his private study at No 10.But the Prime Minister said the reason for the move was because he did not like the idea of pictures staring down at him while he worked.He tol…
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