Keir Starmer says he was left “absolutely furious” after his niece and her wife were subjected to a homophobic attack.

The UK prime minister revealed that his niece and her wife were victims of a homophobic hate crime during an appearance on Pete Wicks’ Man Made podcast. .

Asked when he was last angry, Starmer cited the incident, which occurred within a year of his niece and her wife being married. He shared that the ceremony was “the first gay wedding” he had taken his kids to and was “fantastic”.

He recalled: “Within a year my niece and her wife have been badly beaten up, in their own town, for holding hands by a group of blokes…

“I was absolutely furious,” Starmer said, after sharing that his niece had showed him photos of her bruised and swollen face.

“I thought the days of beatin

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