The Labour leader selects a northern dance classic and a football anthem for Desert Island Discs in a list that could unite both wings of his party
It is a music collection that has something for the former heartlands, the masses and the hundreds of thousands of youthful members who joined the party under Jeremy Corbyn – but Sir Keir Starmer has insisted focus groups had no role in a Desert Island Discs selection that appears to reach out to different Labour wings.
The Labour leader speaks of his love of northern soul and his euphoria at singing an England football anthem at Wembley, during his appearance on today’s edition of the BBC Radio 4 programme. He also chooses a song featuring Stormzy, the grime artist who backed Corbyn’s leadership.
