Blame Barbie! Glitter brings sparkle to Starmer and sadness to the EU
Protester’s decision to cover Keir Starmer in sparkles was a very odd choice.
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Protester’s decision to cover Keir Starmer in sparkles was a very odd choice.
Sir Keir had glitter thrown over him by a heckler who shouted "true democracy is citizen-led".
The protestor who poured glitter on Sir Keir Starmer as he spoke at the Labour conference has apologised for touching the party leader. Yaz Ashmawi told the BBC he was sorry "for putting my hand on him and touching him when he wasn't expecting it". Merseyside Police arrested and bailed a 28-year-old man on suspicion of breaching the peace over the protest.
Yaz Ashmawi regrets "compromising" the Labour leader's safety but says throwing glitter was "fine".
Polls show Keir Starmer, the leader of the United Kingdom’s center-left Labour Party, is on track to win the next general election, although he is viewed with suspicion by some party activists.