Keir Starmer to make statement pledging to resign if fined over 'beergate' claims – watch live

Keir Starmer is expected to make a statement in which he will promise to resign if Durham police conclude that he broke the lockdown rules in Durham last year when he had a curry and a beer with Labour colleagues.

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[Budanevey]

Durham police should fine him 50p just for the giggles.

[standstand]

31 January – Sir Keir Starmer argues that being under investigation alone is grounds for Boris Johnson's resignation. He tweets: 'Honesty and decency matter. After months of denials the Prime Minister is now under criminal investigations for breaking his own lockdown laws. He needs to do the decent thing and resign.'

In Starmers own words he set the bar of 'resignation' at 'investigation' level NOT outcome - will he live by his own standards and 'do the decent thing' before the outcome ?

[janbruin]

Angela Rayner as leader of the opposition isn’t such a bad idee of Keir!

[liang]

Remember him saying he was vegetarian for the animals, then gets caught eating fish and chips. The liar

[carlitor]

I hope this mug gets fined along with rayner...joke party

[JanioeJanil]

Eu oro todos os dias para que uma música nossa estoura 🙏🏼🎼 eu tenho fé, e sei que um dia vai chegar o dia 😭🙏🏼🙏🏽…

[belinda]

It was after work beer. Boris had alcohol beverage in the afternoon. Not the same I would resign too.

[peregrineslim]

Starmer breaks more rules and promises than any Labour leader since Blair, so we'd toast Sir Beer's resignation with champagne.

[fennahrob]

PS. Should Starmer have resigned when the police decided to investigate him? After all, he did insist Johnson should resign when they began the party-gate investigation? Can't have it both ways Mr Starmer.

[howardbeale]

13:00 minutes if nothing then Starmer finally speaks

[chrisj]

Easy to play this game when he’s made it clear he knows he didn’t break any rules, true politics at play

[howardbeale]

He's a fool he could have moved his father in law in with him