ANY reapplication by Sir Keir Starmer to the Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers will need approval by a general meeting as he is “demonstrably not a socialist,” the group said today.

The Labour leader had resigned from the group when he was appointed Director of Public Prosecutions in 2008.

The group’s chairman Declan Owens said that Sir Keir was “censured” by attendees at the annual general meeting on Tuesday night as they were disappointed over his stance on a variety of policies.