Keir Starmer, the leader of the United Kingdom s Labour Party, delivers an Easter message on his Twitter account on April 2, 2021. | Keir Starmer/Twitter
Sir. Keir Starmer, leader of the U.K. s Labour Party, was forced to apologize for visiting a church on Good Friday that critics have attacked as being “anti-LGBT” for adhering to biblical sexual ethics.
In a since-deleted video, Starmer praised Jesus House for All the Nations on Friday as being a wonderful example of a church serving its community during the coronavirus pandemic, including acting as a vaccination center and running a food bank.
“I recently visited @JesusHouseUK to hear about their crucial work in the community,” Starmer announced in a tweet that has also been deleted. “Churches across the country have played such a vital role in the fight against the virus. I hope everyone has a good, restful and safe Easter weekend.”
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Sir Keir Starmer is on course for a humiliating defeat in Hartlepool s by-election as a new poll shows the Tories have a seven-point lead.
Conservative candidate Jill Mortimer is set to win with 49 per cent of the vote at Labour stronghold Hartlepool in next month s by-election, a Survation poll has revealed.
Meanwhile, Labour s Candidate Dr Paul Williams is set to take home just 42 per cent, a rise of only four points on the share won by Mike Hill in the 2019 general election.
Mr Hill resigned last month in the wake of reports that he used taxpayers money to fight a staff member s claim of unfair dismissal, sexual assault and harassment. He has denied the allegations.
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