‘He’s up to his neck in it!’ Lee Anderson rips into Keir Starmer over Covid lockdown row as he claims ‘there’s more to this story’

Reform UK MP Lee Anderson has launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Keir Starmer over the voice coaching controversy.

“He’s up to his neck in it. We all know that”, Lee told GB News.

The MP shared an emotional account of a constituent whose dying husband could not receive hospital visits during the same period.

“Meanwhile, Sir Keir Starmer was calling for harsher lockdowns and had this voice coach”, Lee said, dismissing claims the coach was a key worker.

“There’s more to this story than meets the eye”, he added.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has denied breaking Covid lockdown rules over a voice coaching session in December 2020.

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“Of course not”, he replied when questioned about potential rule breaches at a Brussels press conference.

Conservative MP Richard Holden has called for the Prime Minister to launch an investigation into himself.

“To me, this story has a long way to run”, Holden told GB News. “There are some really serious questions for Keir Starmer. You could see just how uncomfortable he was in Brussels yesterday”.

The voice coaching session took place at Labour headquarters on Christmas Eve 2020, when London was under Tier 4 restrictions that forbade households mixing indoors.

Voice coach Leonie Miller was invited to help Starmer prepare his response to Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal, according to excerpts from the book “Get In”.

The book claims Miller qualified for keyworker status and wore a face mask during her visit.

The session occurred the same week Johnson put London and the south-east into strict lockdown, effectively cancelling Christmas celebrations for many.

Health Minister Karin Smyth defended the Prime Minister, saying he was conducting essential work.

“Keir was working. Working was allowed in tier four in London at that time”, she told GB News.

“I think what we’re seeing again is more mudslinging by the Tories on this issue at a time when they were partying – and we’ve got all the evidence of that”, Smyth added.

Labour minister Catherine McKinnell echoed this defence, stating “there were no Covid rules broken” during the “very important moment”.

Holden revealed he is yet to receive a response to his letter demanding answers about the potential breach.

The former Conservative Party chairman urged Starmer to investigate himself, telling GB News: “I think it’s about time the prime minister calls for an investigation, just like he called an investigation into Boris Johnson.”

A Labour spokesman maintained that “the rules were followed at all times” during the December 2020 meeting.

When asked if Starmer still uses a voice coach, the spokesperson replied: “Not that I’m aware of.”