leonie mellinger, who's and other luminaries. day in 2017, she got a phone call saying, - labour mp called keir starmer? connect with audiences. so she watched him speak and she said, basically, that was rubbish. didn't expect to be called back, - and she worked with . keystone for four years. conscientious, aware - of his weaknesses and really, really keen to improve. now, some people will say he didn't improve that markedly. j those who work with him say public speaking comes muchl more naturally to him now. arts of politics. that's one of the things that explains his relationship - with people like morgan i'm not good at it. i don't particularly like it. you seem to be good at it. you know, you go over there and do it. - you know, when you were speaking a few moments ago you need to keep your head down. who lovejeremy corbyn. and you need to ensure that you say and do i mean, that's very easy in principle, but the practice he was saying to his adviser, chris ward, i need to practice prime minister's questions. and we did speak

this is the actress in question, leonie mellinger, who was previously pictured at labour hq today. she's been proudly retweeting the sunday times piece that credited her with allegedly improving starmer's pubuc allegedly improving starmer's public performances. this apparent rule breach from sir keir starmer came during a much more serious time of covid than his beergate drama in durham. do you remember that where he and labour colleagues, including angela rayner, gathered for lagers and curries? remember this? there he was, the leader of the opposition at the time, swigging from a bottle, raising concerns that he wasn't working at all. he was actually eventually given the all clear by durham police for that meeting. he got away with it. but all of this matters because keir starmer was the first person during covid to demand the government went harder and faster with draconian rules, and he proudly boasted how we should all stick together and stick to them, regardless of how insane they were. >> you cannot be a law maker and a law breaker, and it's time to pack his bags. >> as alwa

but the then labour party leader was visited by actress leonie mellinger. >> and the man who fled wandsworth prison by clinging to the underside of a food delivery lorry. former soldier daniel khalife. well, he's being sentenced today for prison escape and spying for iran. we'll bring you the latest. and households in scotland could be banned from owning cats in order to protect native mammals and birds. it's hardly positive news for cat owners who may be feeling worried at this clause for concern. >> very good. and this is utterly bizarre. kanye west's wife bianca censori, sparks outrage for wearing, well, absolutely nothing at the grammys last night. >> here's a question for you. >> here's a question for you. >> oh, go on then. >> oh, go on then. >> if the largest, most powerful and richest country in the world, the single largest trade partner of the uk, was threatening tariffs on a club of countries, would you want to run run towards that club of countries or run away from it? >> i think it's utterly bizarre. i mean, the optics, the timing, the political decision making of this just seem