Further proof that we’re all – even middle-aged politicians – adapting rapidly to the quixotic grooming requirements of Zoom, came yesterday when Sir Keir Starmer brandished a bit of professional lighting equipment outside his Camden home.
It’s important for a political leader to look polished at the best of times, but when said chap happens to be the leader of the Opposition during a global health crisis… well, time to call in the big guns, or rather the lighting rental place that usually supplies TV and photography sets.
And you can bet your last loo roll that there was a similar rig involved in the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s Zoom call to Burnley primary school, and Susanna Reid’s stint presenting Good Morning Britain while