Sir Keir Starmer has pledged to resign as leader of the Labour party if he is fined over an allegation he broke covid laws. The MP said in a statement he would do “the right thing and step down” if police take action over claims he breached the rules by having beer and a curry at a campaign event.
The opposition leader repeatedly denied breaking the laws in a televised statement on Monday afternoon as he faces pressure over the gathering in April last year. He accused the Conservatives accusing him of breaking lockdown rules of “trying to feed cynicism to get the public to believe all politicians are the same”.
“But if the police decide to issue me with a fixed penalty notice I would of course do the right thing and step down,” he said. Speaking at party headquarters in London, the Labour leader said that he did not believe that the rules had been broken at the gathering at Labour Party offices in Durham.
