Thangam debonaire biography examples

If Keir Starmer’s triumphs at the polls on 4 July, Thangam Debbonaire is set to become the Labour Party’s first Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport in 14 years.

No one who works in broadcasting needs any reminding that the 14 years of Conservative administrations have seen no fewer than 12 culture secretaries, ranging from the first and longest serving, Jeremy Hunt, who held the post for two years, to the present minister, Lucy Frazer, whose willingness to engage with the creative industries has won her admirers across the sector.

Debbonaire was asked last October if she would commit to spending a full parliamentary term at DCMS.

Her reply was unequivocal: “I’m intending to be in this job for the long haul. That’s Keir’s plan. And that’s my plan.”

So, as the election campaign gains momentum, who is Thangam Debbonaire? In recent months, as MP for Bristol West she studiously played her part i