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KEIR STARMER confirmed today that he received death threats following Boris Johnson’s claim that he failed to prosecute paedophile Jimmy Savile.
The Labour leader said the Prime Minister’s slur had fed into a right-wing conspiracy theory and this had caused “difficulty.”
Police launched an investigation into online death threats against the Labour leader in the wake of the PM’s jibe in the Commons last month during heated exchanges over the publication of an initial report by civil servant Sue Gray into the partygate allegations.
Asked if he had received such threats following Mr Johnson’s comments, Sir Keir told BBC Radio Newcastle: “Yes. I do not like talking about this because I have got young children.
“It’s very important for me to say that what the Prime Minister said was wrong, it was very wrong. He knew exactly what he was doing.
“There has been a right-wing conspiracy theory for some time that’s a complete fabrication.”
The Metropolitan Police said no arrests have yet been made.
