Did Starmer breach Covid rules?

Oh dear. It seems No. 10 aren’t keen to go anywhere near suggestions that Sir Keir Starmer might have broken lockdown rules. Back in December 2020, the Labour leader was receiving voice training lessons from actress Leonie Mellinger, who claimed status as a ‘key worker.’ This included a visit to Labour HQ on Christmas Eve, while London was under tier four restrictions, according to a new book being serialised in the Times by journalists Patrick Maguire and Gabriel Pogrund.

The Tories are demanding answers – but Downing Street aren’t willing to give them. At today’s lobby briefing for Westminster journalists, Starmer’s spokesman refused to comment when pressed as to whether the Labour leader had breached legally binding measures. No answers were forthcoming on whether Starmer adhered to lockdown rules at all times, with a spokesperson stating, ‘He wouldn’t get involved in matters relating to his time in opposition.’ That wasn’t the line during last summer’s Lord Alli’s controversy….