Why did the British Prime Minister visit Poland?
Who accompanied Keir Starmer during his visit?
What were the Starmers doing in Budzisław Stary?
Has Keir Starmer visited Poland before?
The Starmers care about the family tradition
The Starmers' visit to Poland was private. Although Keir Starmer is not Jewish, he wanted to accompany his wife on this trip. Their 16-year-old daughter and 18-year-old son came to Poland with them.
This is not the Starmers' first visit to Poland. Previously, they visited our country in January 2025. Then they visited the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp museum – it was the British Prime Minister's first visit to this place. After the visit, he said it made him realize that the Holocaust was “the collective effort of thousands of ordinary people, each of whom played their part in building an entire industry of death.”
The British Prime Minister's family holds traditional Friday Shabbat dinners, as Keir Starmer himself spoke about. In 2020, he stated that he wanted his children to “recognize the faith of part of their grandfather's family.” “Highlighting this tradition, this piece of faith on Friday is extremely important,” he is quoted as saying by The Telegraph. Moreover, as the daily reminds, Starmer “regardless of the circumstances” does not work on Fridays after hours. 18.
