Rumour has it Starmer was the prototype for Helen Fielding’s Mark Darcy in Bridget Jones. But what about the rest of the Westminster crew?
Next time you see Sir Keir Starmer speaking, try thinking of him lying naked in bed, purring at Renée Zellweger, ‘I happen to have a very high regard for your wobbly bits.’ Not only will it enliven whatever the new Labour leader is talking about, but it might not be too far-fetched.
According to a long-held, never fully quashed rumour, Starmer – who, in the ’90s, was a hotshot human rights lawyer – was the real-life prototype for Helen Fielding’s Mark Darcy in the Bridget Jones series.
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