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‘Boris tells lies, Starmer DOES NOT’ – Ex-Downing Street chief blasts PM

A blow below the belt for Boris? A former Chief of Staff at Downing Street has outlined 'the big difference' between the PM and Keir Starmer.

Tom Head by Tom Head
2022-05-08 13:12
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This is a fairly damning critique, if we’ve ever seen one. A former Chief of Staff in Downing Street has weighed in on the current beergate scandal engulfing Keir Starmer – claiming that the Labour leader ‘will not face any charges’.

Boris Johnson, Keir Starmer – can their ‘lockdown breaches’ be compared?

After staff in Boris Johnson’s administration partied through a number of hard lockdowns, Starmer’s appearance at a Labour campaign event in April 2021 has also come under scrutiny.

The former Director of Public Prosecutions insists he did nothing wrong, by enjoying a curry and a beer in a Durham office 13 months ago. However, desperate Tory forces – and possibly some disenfranchised Corbyn supporters – want police to investigate Starmer.

The opposition leader is now facing a grilling from the constabulary, and several newspapers are revelling in the scandal that’s taking a bit of heat off Boris Johnson. But are the actions of both leaders comparable?

Ex-CoS in Downing Street brands Boris a ‘serial liar’

According to Jonathan Powell, the answer is a resounding ‘no’. He served as one of the top officials in Tony Blair’s Administration, so he certainly knows a thing or two about seeing out a storm.

He has advised Keir Starmer to ‘proceed calmly’, pouring scorn on suggestions that the Labour frontman will be hit with a Fixed Penalty Notice. Powell also made a rather devastating observation about the differences between Johnson and Starmer.

  • Boris, he says, is ‘a known liar’ – and Powell believes Starmer ‘tells the truth’…

“It’s a Mail on Sunday story, so people are trying to smear Keir Starmer and suggest he’s the same as Boris Johnson… I find it to hard to believe there’s anyone more different to Boris Johnson than Keir Starmer.”

“There is a difference… I doubt Keir Starmer will be fined. He doesn’t tell lies, and Boris Johnson does, and people know that pretty clearly. It’s also quite clear this was simply a campaign event, nothing more, nothing less.”

Jonathan Powell

Jonathan Powell(Former Downing Street Chief of Staff) on #beergate

"People are trying to smear Keir starmer & suggest he's the same as Boris Johnson… there is a difference… Keir Starmer doesn't tell lies & Boris Johnson does, & people know that pretty clearly"#Ridge pic.twitter.com/MGuFW3xTdF

— Haggis_UK 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (@Haggis_UK) May 8, 2022

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