‘What IS he hiding?’ blast Tories as Keir Starmer accused of ‘dodging’ questions over Covid lockdown breach claims

SIR Keir Starmer is nether unit to come clean over caller allegations that he flouted Covid lockdown rules.

Furious Tories are demanding an autarkic probe aft claims emerged that the Labour leader brought successful a dependable coach to assistance with his speeches during strict Tier 4 restrictions.

A caller publication alleges Sir Keir designated erstwhile histrion Leonie Mellinger arsenic an “essential worker” truthful she could sojourn Labour HQ.

This is contempt rules astatine the clip banning non-essential workers from in-person meetings.

Allies of Sir Keir importune radical were allowed to spell to enactment if required and his actions were successful enactment with the rules. 

He was responding to Boris Johnson's Brexit woody connected the time successful question.

But astatine a property briefing today, the PM’s authoritative spokesman repeatedly declined to comment, insisting it was a matter from opposition.

Asked whether the PM considered his dependable manager to beryllium a cardinal worker, the spokesperson replied: “I’m not going to get into immoderate substance to bash with the opposition, the Prime Minister is focused connected delivering the government’s priorities and the people’s priorities."

Asked whether Sir Keir kept to lockdown rules astatine each times, No10 repeated: “As I accidental I’m not going to get into matters to bash with matters from opposition."

Shadow Paymaster General Richard Holden blasted: “It’s simply not bully capable for the PM’s spokesperson to effort to dismiss, dodge and dissemble erstwhile faced with morganatic questions astir whether the PM broke Covid rules."

“Sir Keir Starmer repeatedly claimed he’d followed each the rules and adjacent promised to measurement down if helium was recovered to person breached any.

“These revelations suggest helium misled the nationalist and disregarded the law portion radical crossed our state made immense sacrifices. "

He added: “With truthful galore questions to answer, Sir Keir needs to travel cleanable and name an autarkic researcher without hold present adjacent his ain spokesperson is refusing to reply adjacent the astir basal of questions.”

The Tories besides posted connected societal media: "What is helium hiding?

 “Keir Starmer wrote to civilian servants successful July saying his authorities would beryllium 1 "of openness, of collaboration and transparency successful everything we do".

“Yet contiguous it seems helium has ordered his civilian work spokesperson to support quiet.”

It’s not the archetypal time Sir Keir has faced accusations of breaking Covid rules.

In April 2021, helium was caught connected camera enjoying a boozy curry with 15 others portion restrictions were successful place.

But aft an investigation, Durham Constabulary cleared him, ruling the gathering was for work purposes.