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Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner receive questionnaires from Durham police over 'beergate'

Both the Labour leader and deputy leader has said they will offer their resignation if they are issued a fixed penalty notice for breaking COVID rules

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and deputy leader Angela Rayner have both received questionnaires from Durham Constabulary in relation to a potential breach of lockdown rules in April 2021.

Sir Keir has come under pressure over an event in Durham in April 2021 with party colleagues when he was filmed having a drink and a takeaway curry was ordered - dubbed 'beergate'.

The Labour leader has said he will offer his resignation if he is issued a fixed penalty notice for breaking COVID rules.

A Labour Party spokesperson said: "Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner have received questionnaires from Durham Constabulary."

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Partygate: Explain why fine did not breach ministerial code, Boris Johnson told

Boris Johnson's standards adviser says there is a "legitimate question" over whether the PM broke the ministerial code after getting fined for Partygate.

Lord Geidt said he repeatedly told the PM's team to be ready to explain if his actions stuck within the rules - even if he thought there was no breach.

But he said the advice had not been "heeded", calling on Mr Johnson to set out his case to the public.

The prime minister said he does not consider his fine to be a breach.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-61653755

papa smurf

31-05-2022 19:45

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Sir beer and angie sent questionnaires by police

https://www.theguardian.com/politics...-durham-police

The noose it tightening for Beer Korma and the invisible woman.

He should do the right thing and just go,if he puts the same bullshyte on the police questionnaire he'll be in deep doo doo.

1andrew1

31-05-2022 20:11

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Originally Posted by papa smurf (Post 36124192)

What does that link tell us that mine 45 mins earlier did not?

GrimUpNorth

31-05-2022 20:23

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 36124195)

What does that link tell us that mine 45 mins earlier did not?

Quite a bit, as I'd open one and ignore the other :shocked:

1andrew1

31-05-2022 21:23

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Originally Posted by GrimUpNorth (Post 36124198)

Quite a bit, as I'd open one and ignore the other :shocked:

Lol, dunce cap for me on that link!

tweetiepooh

01-06-2022 09:13

Re: Partygate & Beergate discussion

I don't really care either way for either side on minor fines for Covid rule breaking. It is possible to believe you were complying when not or whatever.

I do think that trying to change the ministerial rules when you yourself are the subject within that rule change is unwise at the very least. Maybe the rules do need tweaking so that minor infringements that don't impact your ability to do the job can be dealt with better but the timing is really out.

Maggy

01-06-2022 09:25

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 36124200)

Lol, dunce cap for me on that link!

BEHAVE!

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 36124195)

What does that link tell us that mine 45 mins earlier did not?

BEHAVE!

Hugh	01-06-2022 11:15

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ianch99

04-06-2022 12:13

Re: Partygate & Beergate discussion

The BBC has excelled itself today. Here is the live footage of Johnson being loudly booed when he arrives at St Pauls:

https://twitter.com/i/status/1533005291163467778

and here is the censored footage posted later:

https://twitter.com/i/status/1533005639722713089

As a reference, here's another broadcaster's recording: https://twitter.com/i/status/1532703699914608641

Putting aside the BBC censorship, I feel the reaction he got from such a crowd would be seen by many Tories as further evidence that he has to go.

The upcoming by-elections will be interesting :)

1andrew1

04-06-2022 12:29

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I imagine the demographic of the booing audience has a skew towards supporting the Conservative Party. So not good news for Johnson.

Sad to see the self-censorship by the BBC.

Mr K	04-06-2022 12:30

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Originally Posted by ianch99 (Post 36124367)

There always has been a right wing bias at the BBC.

TheDaddy

04-06-2022 13:11

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There is an official statement released on this claiming that large sections of the crowd were infected with monkey pox and rather than booing they were in fact oooing

There are however unverified reports that one person (the Queen) was heard shouting F*** OFF Bozo

BenMcr

04-06-2022 13:22

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Originally Posted by ianch99 (Post 36124367)

and here is the censored footage posted later:

https://twitter.com/i/status/1533005639722713089

The second clip is where they were repeating video over a live interview. The video audio is reduced to avoid clashing with the interview. The BBC do that all the time on the News channel.

https://twitter.com/marinapurkiss/st...34KxYb4ej2H1WA

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I’m told by some credible people that this may just be down to standard editing practice

If that’s the case, I’m very happy to be proved wrong

Sadly the BBC has form here, hence the distrust

We’ve seen the Brexit word almost banned, not forgetting this:
amp.theguardian.com/media/2019/nov…

Hugh	04-06-2022 13:31

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Actually…

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ianch99

04-06-2022 17:54

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Originally Posted by BenMcr (Post 36124373)

But the crowd, one that you might expect to be Conservative aligned, were booing the Prime Minister loudly at a time when he is about to undergo a possible vote of no confidence. I'd say that was the actual news for this clip. Remember the world still turns even on days like this.

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