Keir Starmer

Keir Starmer

A successful, human rights lawyer, witty yet seemingly humourless and considered (by some) to be charming: are we talking about Bridget Jones' Mark Darcy, or...

Keir Starmer

A successful, human rights lawyer, witty yet seemingly humourless and considered (by some) to be charming: are we talking about Bridget Jones' Mark Darcy, or Labour leader Keir Starmer? One of the craziest rumour which appeared in the media this year was that Helen Fielding, the author of the famous Bridget Jones' Diary, based her Marc Darcy character on Keir Starmer (the fictional character and real-life politician were the same age when the book was published). After months of silence, the author finally denied the claim in an interview with Radio Times – though she admitted that Starmer and Darcy had many things in common.

lawyer/avocat - witty/spirituel, plein d'esprit - yet/(et) pourtant - seemingly/en apparence - humourless/dépourvu d'humour - labour/(du parti) travailliste - leader/ici, chef (du parti) - crazy/fou - Bridget Jones Diary/Le journal de Bridget Jones - character/personnage - to deny/démentir - claim/affirmation