Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer visits Kettering Buccleuch Academy and takes part in a Q&A with students
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00:00Can I ask you to give a really big KPA welcome to the leader of the Labour Party, Keir Starmer, Bridget Phillipson and Rosie Wrighty.
00:10Thank you very much. Welcome to KPA. Welcome to KPA. Can I just say as well a warm welcome
00:34to members of the press that are here today as well as His Grace the Duke of Buccleuch.
00:39What was your favourite subject at school and why?
00:42My favourite subject at school was actually music. I went to a music school on a Saturday as well as going to school and I loved music.
00:53And at one point I thought I might do that for a career or try to do it as a career but in the end I decided I wasn't good enough.
01:00So that was my favourite because it was sort of outside of maths and physics and all the other things and I really really loved it.
01:08What's your favourite subject so far?
01:10English.
01:11English, is it? What do you like about English?
01:14You get to show off your skills and write and show your skills off.
01:21Fantastic. And it's obviously you really love it, yeah? Great, thank you very much.
01:26Can I just ask a follow-up to that then? So last week it was Thank Teacher Day. So if you could go back in time and thank one of your teachers from when you were in secondary school, who would that be and why?
01:39There was a teacher I had called Aubrey Spruce who taught Latin which actually wasn't my favourite subject by a very long shot.
01:48But he was just one of these people who brought out the best in you and gave us experience of things like going to the theatre, doing other things, sort of outside of the normal subjects that were taught in school.
01:59So for me he made a real difference. And for you, you will all have teachers here that you think that's made a real difference to my life and that's why it's really important that we do thank our teachers.
02:11It's not just a sort of thing that we should do once in a while because good teachers make such a difference to you, your chances and your future. So it is really, really good that you've got good teachers here.
02:25What school dog protects her? Do you have any pets at home?
02:28We do have a pet at home. We have a cat called Jojo. And Jojo is probably the most loved person in our family, I have to say. Gets lots of attention. Never does anything wrong in the eyes of the children.
02:42But my daughter, who's 13 and a half, is on a campaign to get a dog. And so this has been a long running campaign. But you've got a school dog here, have you?
02:51All right, lives in the school? No, he actually lives with me. He's my dog. He's a little Cocker Spaniel called Hector and he comes in on Wednesdays. He does home visits and he brings students into school who might struggle otherwise to come into school.
03:05Oh, fantastic.
03:06And he sits out at break times and lunch times so students can come out and meet him and have a cuddle.
03:11And do you like Hector?
03:13Yes.
03:14You do? Very good. Thank you for giving me your question. It's brilliant.