He’s the husband left looking after the children while his other half is on the campaign trail and taking a selfie with Barack Obama and David Cameron. Now Stephen Kinnock, the husband of Helle Thorning-Schmidt, the Danish Prime Minister, is launching his own political career. Neil Kinnock’s son is seeking to be the Labour candidate for Aberavon.
“I’m very interested in standing,” he said yesterday, adding that it would be an “honour and privilege” to be chosen to fight the seat in South Wales, which is held by Labour with an 11,000 majority. Mr Kinnock, who is 43, said that he had wanted to become a Labour MP for many years but had wanted to build a career outside politics before seeking election to the