UK Labour leader says he'll quit if fined for office beer

Labour Party leader Keir Starmer and deputy Angela Rayner only have themselves to blame.

Starmer is a Covid zealot, the morbid tales of families unable mourn there loved one, in solemn finger pointing sanctimonious moralizing.

Students attending Starmer beer and curry soirée filmed the event, leaking the itinerary memo whilst another gave a blow-by-blow account to the Times.

Keir Starmer voted all the Covid rules through the commons without hesitation.

Remember Starmer pious “honesty and decency matters” rant.

For months Starmer insisted Angela Rayner never attended the event, up until the video surfaced.  

“Honestly”, both Starmer and Johnson never thought the rules applied to them, only to the little people.

He should write a legal statement that he will quit.

itsonlyrocknroll

Today 09:16 am JST

Students attending Starmer beer and curry soirée filmed the event, leaking the itinerary memo whilst another gave a blow-by-blow account to the Times.

Why did they sit on this supposedly crucial information, months after Starmer had originally been cleared by the police?

Fair enough. If fined, that would be the right thing to do.

He’s right about the garbage Tory press but that wouldn’t change the fact that he broke the law and slammed Johnson for breaking it.

Not sure who’d be favourite to replace him if he went. Burnham has shown interest in the past.

Simon, there is allot of huffing and puffing and Starmer, Johnsons behaviour is clearly chalk and cheese.

Then mix in the dark arts of political intrigue as you rightly point out

I may berate Starmer and Johnson, should both resign, Johnson yes, not for party gate, but failures of leadership.

Starmer had a beer and a curry, and his resignation would not be in the interests of her majesties opposition.

If you are caught put your hand up. I made a mistake.

Bye-bye.

itsonlyrocknrollToday  11:10 am JST

Simon, there is allot of huffing and puffing and Starmer, Johnsons behaviour is clearly chalk and cheese.

Then mix in the dark arts of political intrigue as you rightly point out

I may berate Starmer and Johnson, should both resign, Johnson yes, not for party gate, but failures of leadership.

Starmer had a beer and a curry, and his resignation would not be in the interests of her majesties opposition.

If you are caught put your hand up. I made a mistake.

I don't think Starmer should resign unless the police do actually issue him a fine, and certainly not because of what it says in a low-quality, rabidly pro-Tory tabloid. Right now there's just no equivalency. Johnson denied any Downing Street parties ever happened. Starmer admitted to what he'd been doing. Starmer said he'd acted within the rules at all times, Johnson claimed not to be aware what the rules actually were. There is masses of evidence to corroborate accusations against Boris Johnson, the case against Keir Starmer appears to consist of a memo which doesn't prove very much and a "whistleblower" who curiously has kept quiet up until now.

Starmer had a beer and a curry, and his resignation would not be in the interests of her majesties opposition.

If you are caught put your hand up. I made a mistake.

The issue is that Johnson was caught breaking the rules and fined, and Starmer said he should resign over it.

He cannot credibly be caught breaking rules and fined for it and not then resign.

We all sometimes skirt the rules, even for something as small as jaywalking. But it appears to me that Starmer has tried to engage in a “battle of morals” against a Prime Minister who has never understood the concept of shame. It was always going to be a losing fight.

@Express sister

That’s pretty much it. I’d say Starmer is a more moral person than Johnson ( not saying much ), but if he tried something along the lines of ‘I’m not as bad as he is’ it would come across as pathetic.

Anyway, best wait for the result of the investigation.

Starmer said Monday he was “absolutely clear that no laws were broken.”

Then don't resign.

UK needs stable government with a credible opposition, the squabbling finger pointing has to stop. Accusations of Covid hypocrisy must take a back seat.

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