Keir Starmer reveals he didn’t let his children eat meat until they were 10 years old

Keir Starmer has revealed he did not give his children meat until they were 10 years old.

The Labour leader – a pescatarian – said he and vegetarian wife Victoria did not have meat or fish in the house when they were raising their son and daughter.

At the age of about 10 they told their son he could ‘do what you like’, and he immediately started eating KFC and McDonald’s.

However, he told the Table Manners podcast, hosted by pop singer Jessie Ware and her mother Lennie, that the couple’s daughter has still never eaten meat or fish.

Keir Starmer – a pescatarian – said he and vegetarian wife Victoria (pictured together at Labour conference last year) did not have meat or fish in the house when they were raising their son and daughter

Sir Keir has spoken previously about becoming vegetarian 25 years ago, before reintroducing fish to his diet.

He said he found avoiding seafood ‘too much’, but described his wife as a ‘proper vegetarian’. 

‘I struggle with it because I love meat. I love it. If you give up fish or meat on a matter of principle you still hanker after it,’ he said.

The couple’s son is now aged 15, while their daughter is 12. Describing their parenting, Sir Keir said: ”We don’t have meat or fish in the house, we don’t cook it, until they’re about 10 obviously they’re just eating with us.’

He added: ‘And then at the age of 10 we said, ‘you can do what you like’ and our boy said ‘great’, so the moment we go out there’s a Deliveroo for Kentucky Fried Chicken or McDonald’s.

Keir Starmer was speaking on the Table Manners podcast, hosted by pop singer Jessie Ware and her mother Lennie (pictured)

‘So he’s taken full, sort of, liberty with the licence to do what he likes.’

However, Sir Keir said his daughter ‘has never in her life tasted meat or fish’.

When Lennie Ware challenged Sir Keir that many vegetarians cook meat for their children, he replied: ‘We never did.’

The Labour leader also insisted the family has no issue if their son wants to order non-vegetarian meals when they eat out.

‘We’re not bothered by that,’ he said.

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