Can Keir Starmer reverse his fortunes at Labour conference?

What is Keir Starmer wearing, how much is it worth and who paid for it? That’s normally a question only asked of female politicians, or prime ministers’ wives, but thanks to the Labour leader’s love of a freebie, his own fashion choices are going to be one of the hot topics at Labour Party conference. Unlike the scrutiny of women’s clothes, though, which normally leads Reiss to sell out of whichever dress turned up on the conference stage that week, Starmer’s outfits are causing a rush to judgement, not a rush to the tills. 

Every day of the Labour meeting in Liverpool, one of the opening questions from interviewers will surely be ‘where is your suit from and who paid for it?’ Downing Street’s decision yesterday to say that Starmer and other senior ministers including deputy prime minister Angela Rayner will not accept any more clothing donations won’t draw a line under the matter because it just raises more questions.