Sir Beer Starmer
A late-night beer and curry may end the Labour leader’s career
ON FRIDAY APRIL 30TH 2021, at around 10pm, a £200 ($248) order of takeaway curry arrived at a Labour Party constituency office in Durham. A year on, the circumstances surrounding the delivery are subject to a police investigation that will decide the future of Sir Keir Starmer, the Labour leader.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Sir Beer Starmer”
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