It was bold from Starmer to go on Sun TV’s first show with Harry Cole. He should have known that Cole would be asking the more fun and personal questions. Still, when asked if he had ever taken drugs, Starmer stonewalled. Harry challenged Keir: “When did you last take illegal drugs?” All Keir would confirm was that “Harry, I had a good time when I was a student”. When asked what a good time was, Keir simply repeated the line “It means I had a good time.” Starmer, characteristically, stayed on the fence.

Guido reminds his readers of an anecdote of a square, slightly fresher faced Starmer. In 1989, the young barrister argued on our behalf that Thames Valley Police had acted unlawfully by setting up roadblocks and confiscating sound equipment to prevent a Sunrise rave from taking place. Amongst small talk with the rave organisers, Starmer told them that during his youth, he had experimented with LSD. Perhaps an attempt to boost his street-cred, though notably he didn’t say a hard no to Harry’s question…