'I will resign if fined over Beergate', says Keir Starmer
What is happening?
The mysterious Daily Telegraph headline predicting a Tory wipeout. What’s the truth?
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What are the facts?
- Last year The Sun published a picture of Keir Starmer drinking beer with Labour workers in a party office in Durham
- It was a minor Tory attack line until recently – when Durham police decided to reipen the investigation into whether Starmer broke Covid lockdown rules.
- Labour maintain no rules were broken and ‘Beergate’ is not equivalent to ‘Partygate’
- Keir Starmer and deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner announced they will both step down if they are found to have breached Covid rules of the time – and are issued with a fine.
- The left-leaning papers claim Starmer’s pledge is the right thing to do if he is fined, right-wing claim the announcement is a ploy to pressure police into dropping the investigation.
- Most papers and media coverage agree the announcement is a ‘gambling’ of his political career.
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