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Torcuil Crichton

Keir Starmer offers to resign as Labour leader if he is fined over beergate claims

Keir Starmer has made a dramatic offer to resign as Labour leader if he is fined by Durham police over a beer and curry gathering in a party office during last year's lockdown.

The Labour leader turned the tables on Boris Johnson over the so-called 'beergate' claims by publicly offering to stand down as leader of the Opposition if he is issued with a fixed penalty notice by police.

At a press conference on Monday, Starmer said: "The idea that I would casually break these rules is wrong. "

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