"My Dad was a toolmaker"

A website dedicating to showing every time that Keir Starmer or someone else mentioned that his dad was a toolmaker.

44+ toolmakers. 1 tool.


Tweet at a factory in Burnley

"My dad was a toolmaker, so visiting @WhatMoreUKLimit was a trip down memory lane."

16 02 2022


Tweet of a Mirror article

"My dad was a toolmaker. I know the pride in hard work - and the pain when Tories dismantle it."

15 02 2022


Mirror article about £10 minimum wage

"Despite being a skilled toolmaker throughout his working life, my dad thought people looked down on him because he worked on the factory floor."

14 09 2021


General election speech

"My dad worked in a factory."

29 05 2024


Desert island discs

"He worked as a tool maker on a factory floor all of his life"

20 11 2020


ITV Leaders debate

"My dad worked in a factory, he was a toolmaker. (43:01)"

04 06 2024


Promotional Facebook post

"My dad was a toolmaker and worked in a factory all his life."

21 01 2023


Interview for the Guardian

"My dad was a toolmaker."

17 01 2020


Article in the Sun about his dad

"...Rodney working as a toolmaker in a factory."

29 09 2021


Speech in Kent for the General Election

"My father was a toolmaker."

23 05 2024


Profile in TIME magazine

"...his father was a toolmaker in a factory."

16 05 2023


Profile on the BBC news website

"...whose dad was a toolmaker..."

23 05 2024


Interview on the High Performance podcast

"...my dad worked in a factory..."

27 03 2023


Profile on BBC news after winning the leadership election

"My dad was toolmaker..."

04 04 2020


Tweet of BBC news interview

"My dad was toolmaker in a factory..."

15 08 2022


Interview with the New Statesman

"So my dad worked in a factory all his life. (00:02)"

29 06 2023


Sky News interview

"...was a toolmaker..."

11 03 2024


His biography

"Unable to find direct quote"

17 02 2024


Visit to factory in Burnley

"Starmer wanted to press on the plastics workers was that his father was a toolmaker"

25 02 2022


LabourList article

"Starmer points out that his mother was a nurse and his father a toolmaker"

18 12 2019


Party election broadcast

"My dad was a toolmaker, he was devoted to his trade. (01:25)"

16 04 2024


Labour message after Rishi Sunak used a hammer weirdly

"Not the son of a toolmaker"

24 11 2023


Welsh Labour website biography

"...his dad worked as a toolmaker in a factory..."

08 07 2024


Labour's 2024 local election launch

"My dad was a toolmaker, he worked in a factory."

28 03 2024


Article in Times Higher Education

"He then referred to his father, who worked as a toolmaker."

10 09 2023


Labour website biography

"His dad worked as a toolmaker in a factory..."

08 07 2024


PoliticsJOE compilation (honourable mention)

"00:00-10:09"

06 04 2023


Profile in the Guardian

"My dad was a toolmaker"

21 02 2024


Op-ed in the New Statesman

"this toolmaker’s son"

31 01 2024


Article in the Economist

"Sir Keir Starmer’s father was a toolmaker..."

13 02 2020


Financial times op-ed

"If there is one thing we have learnt about the Labour leader — aside from his being the son of a toolmaker..."

07 02 2024


His Wikipedia article

"...Rodney Starmer, who was a toolmaker."

08 07 2024


UnHerd op-ed

"...his dad was a toolmaker..."

30 09 2021


His own website

"My dad worked as a toolmaker in a factory..."

08 07 2024


TikTok video

"My dad as a skilled toolmaker..."

07 07 2023


Tweet about "Technical Excellence Colleges"

"My dad's factory job was highly skilled, and close to home."

08 10 2023


Tweet of interview on Classic FM

"...he worked in a factory..."

26 11 2023


Speech at the Trades Union Congress

"...my dad, he worked on the factory floor all his life. (06:52)"

14 09 2021


Interview with Times Radio

"...he was a toolmaker, he was a skilled man. (17:18)"

19 11 2022


Interview with Lorraine

"...dad working in a factory... (01:06)"

19 11 2022


Interview with the News Agents podcast

"...my dad was a toolmaker... (28:47)"

21 01 2023


Interview with the Sun

"...my dad worked in a factory... (46:47)"

21 03 2024


Sky News leaders special

"...my dad was a toolmaker, he worked in a factory..."

12 06 2024


Interview with GB News about Sky Leaders special

"My dad worked in a factory all his life."

13 06 2024


There are probably countless other instances of "toolmaker" being mentioned, but these are just the ones I had time to put on this list. This website isn't affiliated with any political party, I just put it together because why not. If anything it is anti the current Labour party and more specifically against the Starmer leadership. Make of that what you will.

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