Line Of Duty can no longer be cool

— for Keir Starmer has declared himself a fan. in an awkward bid for popularity and voter connection at PMQs this week, the Opposition leader used the popular BBC drama as a reference point when talking about government sleaze. ‘i think that AC-12 are needed to get to the bottom of this one,’ he said in a direct reference to the anti-corruption unit in the show. ‘We are getting on with rooting out bent coppers,’ he added. Mother of Cod(swallop)! Please don’t drag my darling Ted Hastings (left) into the House of Commons. it would be the final blow for the beleaguered gaffer. Ma’am will suffice, Sir Keir. As you were.