Early Life
Simpson was born in Woodford, Essex. His father was a tenant farmer. He attended Brentwood School, at that time a direct-grant grammar school, where he was a contemporary of the future Labour party politician Jack Straw. He failed his A-levels and briefly took a job as a trainee banker in the City. He disliked the role and decided to leave after noting a distinct lack of entries in the diary of a senior clerk.
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