Keir Starmer’s offer of resignation should he be issued with a fixed penalty notice (FPN) in relation to a possible Covid regulation breach was “honourable” according to Liverpool City Region’s Metro Mayor.
Former MP Steve Rotheram said the offer to step down by Labour leader Sir Keir in the event he is found to have breached lockdown rules in Hartlepool last April demonstrated the “stark” difference between the Labour leader and those occupying 10 Downing Street. When Prime Minister Boris Johnson was fined by the Metropolitan Police in April, Metro Mayor Mr Rotheram said “no-one is above the law” and called for both Mr Johnson and Chancellor Rishi Sunak to resign.
Metro Mayor Rotheram said the pair had set an “unprecedented bad example” over lockdown parties at Number 10 but in response to the investigation surrounding Sir Keir, Mr Rotheram said it would be easy to paint both situations similarly. He said: “We hear a lot that all politicians are the same; it is an easy accusation to make. The reality is that they are not.
