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Keir Starmer wriggles on Beergate in GMB interview with Susanna ... (Daily Mail)

Keir Starmer complained there was too much focus on Tory 'mudslinging' rather than the cost-of-living crisis as he was grilled on claims about the gathering ...

Julia Mulligan, Conservative former police and crime commissioner for North Yorkshire Police, said: 'There cannot be a double standard in the investigation of Covid restrictions cases across police force areas. She said officers should see whether a fine was appropriate – as had been issued to Boris Johnson and others over a Downing Street event. He added: 'At some point, this was in the evening, everybody's hungry and then that takeaway was ordered. A local source told the newspaper: 'There was a lot of food. It was a late-night delivery the last order of the night. It was a Friday night.' Now, that evening, from memory, we were doing an online event for members because we had this get out the vote thing.' No breach of the rules, no party. So I got my phone and started to film them.' Last night a picture emerged of what may have been his official car (above) in Durham that evening. Asked how many people were with him on the night, and if it was as many as 30, he said: 'I had a team with me. 'We know there's elections coming, we know what the Conservatives are up to.

Keir Starmer's lockdown beer isn't cutting through – and the Tories ... (iNews)

Broadly, the British people think Keir Starmer to be a decent, honest, trustworthy man – unlike his opposite number. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer during a ...

That should have been it, and for the majority of the voting public, that was, in fact, it. A 43-second video of the Labour leader nursing a bottle of San Miguel, then taking a swig from it, was filmed by passing students through the window just after 10pm on the night in question, and it clearly shows a few people in a room. On the eve of the local elections, and in the midst of a generational cost of living crisis, there are some very serious political questions that require answers.

Can Keir Starmer shake his office beer hangover? (The Times)

It began as a grainy picture of Sir Keir Starmer drinking a beer and a rather hopeful Tory counterattack. But forensic reporting by tabloid newspapers ...

Beergate: Keir Starmer says police have not contacted him and ... (The Independent)

The Labour leader has been under pressure from Tory MPs over the beer and takeaway meal he and team consumed during a campaign meeting last April in a Durham ...

At this stage two years out, I don’t know what the state of the economy will be.” Enough food to feed around 30 people was reportedly at the campaign event in Labour MP Mary Foy’s constituency office. But he received the toughest grilling over the so-called “beergate” saga.

Durham Police should reopen Keir Starmer beer probe: 'Needs to be ... (Daily Express)

SIR KEIR STARMER should be investigated for breaching lockdown regulations by drinking beer with colleagues in April last year, according to Express.co.uk ...

a laugh!!!” “Yet one incident resulted in fines, and the other hasn't even been investigated? Username Butcherdavid said: “Should be investigated by the met to ensure the same standard applies.” Another, username Blast said: “Yes. And the criteria of investigation should be the same as the Tories.” And username wat uwant said: “Of course it should be investigated.” One reader, username the man with no name said: “Absolutely they should look at the case, it was in a time when social distancing and limited numbers were in place for social gatherings.”

Here's the truth about Keir Starmer's lockdown beer (The indy100)

In February 2022, Labour leader Keir Starmer was cleared of breaking lockdown rules after he was filmed drinking a beer while having food in an office in ...

The Sun also reports that an invitation was sent to activists for a “quiz and social” on the same day Starmer was in the Durham office, though Labour says it is not how it sounds. The Mirror has the story here, suggesting a degree of hypocrisy. This marked a change from yesterday when he accused the Tories of chucking "mud" but didn't confirm whether they had been back in touch. He said the incident in question was a "work event". But the Labour party has maintained its innocence. Starmer was filmed swigging from a beer bottle in the City of Durham MP Mary Foy's office, on 30th April 2021, working in the run-up to the Hartlepool by-election, sparking accusations that he broke lockdown rules. Durham Police told the MP it will "make enquiries" with the officers who first looked into claims against Starmer. "I don't think they are remotely comparable, frankly. Nevertheless, the heat is on from Starmer's political rivals. It makes you wonder what else they are hiding." In February, a spokesperson for Durham's police force seemed to agree with him. "They weren’t having a meeting.

Keir Starmer says police have not contacted him about office beer (The Guardian)

Labour leader discusses footage of meal with staff and says he was careful to follow lockdown rules.

A spokesperson for the force said at the time: “Durham constabulary has reviewed video footage recorded in Durham on 30 April 2021. All she wanted to do, like many families, is she wanted to go in and clean and she didn’t because the rules didn’t allow her. He added:“We were very careful to abide by the rules … and we did it within my family.

'No police contact', says Keir Starmer as he defends 'beer and ... (ITV News)

Labour leader Keir Starmer has said police have not been in touch with him. | ITV National News.

Sir Keir added: “At some point, this was in the evening, everybody’s hungry and then that takeaway was ordered. He added: “What we’ve said is that you should have a windfall tax on that excess profit and use that to help people with their energy bills for up to £600, for those that need it the most. Describing the incident, he said: “We’re on the road at the end of the day, we’re in the office preparing.

Keir Starmer 'had beer at 10pm because takeaway was late' (The Times)

Sir Keir Starmer was drinking beer in Durham late in the evening because his takeaway dinner had arrived an hour late, Labour sources say.

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