Sex, drugs and Nazi costumes: Harry’s memoir certainly had it all. And Fleet Street has gone to town on the revelations in the book, dedicating acres of space to rural romps behind Windsor pubs and two dozen dead Taliban fighters. Unfortunately all that coverage means poor old Sir Keir’s long-awaited big speech has been knocked out of the headlines.
In vain, did Mr S scan the front pages of the papers today, searching for any sniff of Starmer’s musings. The Express and Sun – two papers whose readers are being targeted by Labour – didn’t deign to mention it until page 10. The Telegraph and the Times both put their write-ups on page 12. But the Mail takes the gong for not mentioning it until page 22, thanks to its mammoth 17-page report on Harry’s ‘truth bombs.’
Steerpike wonders if the experience will dissuade the Labour lawyer from his previously vocal support for the couple…
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