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Keir Starmer police questionnaire asks about non-league football shirt

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The Independent
By Adam Forrest

A police questionnaire given to Sir Keir Starmer is said to include a series of questions about a non-league football shirt handed to the Labour leader during last years visit to Durham.

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Durham Constabulary is investigating potential breaches of Covid laws by Starmer and his team over the Beergate gathering at which beer and curry was consumed.

The questionnaires sent to Starmer, Labour deputy Angela Rayner and party staff is incredibly comprehensive and includes queries about a Consett AFC football top, according to The Times.

The Durham non-league teams shirt was handed to Sir Keir on 30 April when the Labour leader was campaigning for the local elections.

The North West Durham Labour Party tweeted at the time that they had interrupted Keir Starmer while he was hard at work ... to proudly show him our Consett AFC strip ahead of their historic FA Vase final.

When the photo of Starmer holding the shirt emerged in the Daily Mail in May, a Labour spokesman said: As this tweet clearly shows, Keir Starmer was working. No rules were broken.

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