REPLAY: Keir Starmer speech ‘vowing to quit’ if police fine him over ‘Beergate’

REPLAY: Keir Starmer gambles his career on being cleared over Beergate. Keir Starmer is set to gamble his career on being cleared over Beergate by making an extraordinary vow to quit if he is fined by police. The Labour leader will give a statement at 4pm after spending hours hunkered down with aides trying to decide how to handle the mounting crisis over the boozy curry event in April last year. Sir Keir ignored questions as he left his London home this morning – having cancelled a think-tank event where he would have been grilled by journalists. He appears to have agreed with senior figures urging him to get on the front foot by committing to resign should Durham Police find he broke Covid rules. The strategy is high-risk but could potentially leave Sir Keir in a strong position if police do not issue a penalty – while allies suspect he would need to go anyway were he to receive a fine.

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