Starmer ‘running scared’

KEIR Starmer was ‘running scared’ last night as the Beergate scandal plunged his leadership into crisis.

The Labour leader is facing fresh questions including over a bombshell memo that appears to contradict his account of the night he was filmed drinking a lockdown beer with staff.

In a sign of growing panic, his aides cancelled a major speech this afternoon at an event where he was also expected to take questions from journalists. The organisers were not told why he had suddenly pulled out.

With police now investigating Sir Keir’s drinks in Durham, he is under intense pressure to say whether he would resign if he was fined