Sir Keir Starmer has said it was ‘desperate’ for Boris Johnson to bring up Jimmy Savile in parliament yesterday, and called the move ‘a slur'. Johnson's accusation that the Labour leader failed to prosecute the children’s entertainer isn't true.
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He claimed Sir Keir has spent his time as director of public prosecutions ‘prosecuting journalists and failing to prosecute Jimmy Savile’ as he hit back at Labour criticism over the Sue Gray report. Appearing on Good Morning Britain, Sir Keir said: ‘It is a slur, it’s untrue, it’s desperate from the Prime Minister.
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