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Sir Keir Starmer has paid tribute to his brother Nick who died from most cancers on Boxing Day on the age of 60.
The prime minister mentioned: “My brother Nick was a beautiful man. He met all of the challenges life threw at him with braveness and good humour. We’ll miss him very a lot.
“I wish to thank all those that handled and took care of Nick. Their ability and compassion could be very a lot appreciated.”
A spokesperson for the prime minister mentioned: “It’s with nice unhappiness that we announce the passing of Nick Starmer.
“Nick, 60, died peacefully on the afternoon of 26 December after battling most cancers.
“We ask for privateness for Nick’s wider household right now.”
The PM was set to go on vacation along with his household on Friday however it’s understood he’ll now keep at residence.
Sir Keir has all the time been protecting of his household’s privateness, notably that of his youngsters, however has spoken about Nick in interviews in addition to sharing particulars of his relationship along with his siblings for a latest biography.
The prime minister is the center youngster of 4 siblings: two sisters and a brother. His youthful siblings, Katy and Nick are twins, whereas he has one older sister, Ana. All of them grew up collectively, in a home of six, with their dad and mom.
“I shared a bunk mattress with my brother in a room with an airing cabinet and simply sufficient house for a few small desks the place we’d do our homework,” Sir Keir mentioned in Tom Baldwin’s Keir Starmer: The Biography.
His youthful brother Nick had studying difficulties resulting from problems at delivery.
Sir Keir spoke for the primary time about their relationship within the new biography: “We have been a household of six, so it didn’t really feel lonely and I shared a room with him, however Nick didn’t have many buddies and received known as ‘thick’ or ‘silly’ by different children.
“Even now I attempt to keep away from utilizing phrases like that to explain anybody.”
His sister Katy mentioned the pair received into fights defending Nick, with Katy saying that she “definitely punched just a few individuals”.
Sir Keir mentioned he admired Nick, who gained a technical qualification, “not regardless of the way in which his life has taken one other course to mine, however due to it”. And he recalled his father Rodney and mom Jo instilling in him the concept that individuals must be revered for what they overcome.
“I keep in mind Dad saying to me many, many instances, ‘Nick has achieved as a lot as you, Keir’,” he mentioned within the biography.
Sir Keir was the perfect man at Nick’s marriage ceremony and described borrowing a automobile for the day in order that Nick was not left “driving his bride from the church in his beaten-up minivan, which had all his garments within the again”.
On the chaotic day, Sir Keir found there was no reception deliberate earlier than speeding to Tesco to purchase up each obtainable sandwich for a rapidly organized get collectively within the backyard of Nick’s cottage.
Sir Keir has used Nick’s story for instance of a flaw in his personal imaginative and prescient for these born working class to steer extra comfy lives than their dad and mom. Talking of his brother’s expertise, he mentioned: “The entire thing is so poignant… as a result of Nick has had a very powerful life. In order that dream our mum and pop had for us hasn’t come true. There’s this actual, deep unhappiness in me about that for my brother, and for them.”
Nick’s dying comes as Sir Keir was getting ready for his first abroad vacation along with his household since turning into prime minister. He spent Christmas along with his household at Chequers
