Sir Keir faces scrutiny over Taylor Swift policing fiasco

Dear oh dear. The Home Secretary, the London mayor and even Sir Keir Starmer’s former chief of staff have all been in the firing line over the Taylor Swift security row – and now the Prime Minister is under the microscope. It transpires that after Labour figures pushed police to give special protection to the star during her London shows – on the orders of her manager and mother – the PM was not only given free tickets to her Wembley gig but even accepted backstage access to Swift at the event. Good heavens…

The latest update, broken by the Sun newspaper, comes after the news that singer’s mother insisted that the global pop icon received VVIP police security usually reserved for senior royals and politicians while she performed in the UK – and threatened that if she didn’t, Swift’s shows would be cancelled. It then emerged that Home Secretary Yvette Cooper and London mayor Sadiq Khan had personally intervened