“If police decide to issue me with a fixed penalty notice, I would of course do the right thing and step down,” Starmer said.
after footage emerged of Starmer and staff having beers and takeout in April 2021 – at a time when millions of Brits were banned from mixing indoors.“If police decide to issue me with a fixed penalty notice, I would of course do the right thing and step down,” Starmer told The Post in a statement.“This matters. It matters because the British public deserves politicians who think the rules apply to them,” his statement said.
“They deserve politicians who hold themselves to the highest standards. And they deserve politicians who put the country first rather than themselves. They will always, always, get that from me,” he added. Starmer’s deputy, Angela Rayner, who admitted attending the gathering, said she would resign if she was found to have broken the rules.Who hold themselves to the highest standards.
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