Starmer draws laughter from debate audience as he brings up toolmaking father again

Audience laugh at Keir Starmer as he mentions his dad was a toolmakerSource: Sky News

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00:00to 3% of earners.

00:01Would you personally be happy to pay more tax?

00:04Yes, of course.

00:05OK.

00:06I've always paid my tax in full.

00:09But I accept I earn a lot of money in the job I am now in.

00:14But when I grew up, my dad was a toolmaker.

00:16He worked in a factory.

00:18It's true.

00:18My mum was a nurse.

00:20And actually, we couldn't make ends meet,

00:22which actually isn't a laughing matter.

00:23We couldn't make ends meet.

00:25We couldn't pay our bills.

00:26I know what it feels like to feel

00:29anxious about the next bill, which you can't pay.

00:31And what I have recognized is a lot of people

00:34today are in precisely the same position as I was in.