Sir Keir Starmer

• SIR Keir Starmer’s biggest handicap in his expected bid for the Labour leadership is not being a female.

Yet he is head-and-shoulders above all his likely competitors, and it’s very much to be hoped that Labour Party members will set aside any sexist impulses and vote for the person best qualified to lead Labour and serve as prime minister.

DICK LEONARD
(Former Labour MP)
Albert Street, NW1