Guido first raised Starmer’s potential multiple electoral law breach last month over his living in an address in a constituency other than the one put on his nomination paper. Starmer himself said he and his family moved into Lord Alli’s £18 million penthouse before the deadline for submitting nomination papers – in the Cities of London and Westminster…

Starmer admitted about his son:

“I promised him we would move somewhere, get out of the house and go somewhere where he could be peacefully studying”

UKIP’s Paul Nuttall was investigated by police in 2017 for claiming on his nomination paper that he lived at a house hadn’t yet moved into. He was forced to prove to them that he used his house regularly as a “base” in the campaign for the Stoke By-Election. Guido understands that the City of London Police are in the process of referring the matter to the Met in response to a submitted inquiry. The Met will be formally required to consider it. An equal application of the law would see the matter investigated, seeing as Nuttall was officially probed for the exact same reason…

Starmer told parliament he was living at Lord Alli’s in Covent Garden (Westminster and Camden) before and after the election, declared as the sworn truth that at the time he was was living in Kentish Town (Holbron & St Pancras) on his nomination form. The law is clear, must be current address or you are committing a criminal offence.

Those who contact the Chief Executives Office of Camden Council with regard to Starmer’s potential breach of electoral law have been contacted by Camden’s Borough Solicitor, who advises them to contact the police “immediately.” Translation: ‘We do not want to deal with this one’…

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley reacted rather forcefully when asked a simple question from a journalist today. While leaving the emergency COBRA meeting, a reporter asked “are you going to end two-tier policing?”. Rowley’s response was to grab the microphone and throw it on the floor. Let’s hope there wasn’t any criminal damage…

‘Gamblegate’ is still running strong in the papers and on broadcast as Craig Williams and Laura Saunders are dropped as Tory candidates. The scandal reveals a curious little web created by the revolving door at the top of the police, British government, and media – not that anyone has been bothered to mention it. Leave it to Guido…

This morning’s Telegraph reports that the Metropolitan Police is behind leaks of the names of Tories who allegedly put bets on the election date. Guido previously pointed out the proximity of the Gambling Commission to Labour. The Telegraph reports:

“Scotland Yard has been accused of leaking the identities of Tories implicated in the general election betting scandal. The Telegraph has also been told that a further five police officers are currently under investigation by the Gambling Commission, the industry watchdog, for placing bets on the date of the general election. A source close to the Cabinet Office said it was suspected that the identities of Conservative candidates and officials had been leaked from within the Metropolitan Police, Britain’s biggest force.”

This is an unusually blunt accusation during election purdah from the usually impenetrable Cabinet Office. Who is the current Director of Comms of the Met? None other than Ray Tang, the former Cabinet Office comms chief who acted as Sue Gray’s personal spin doctor during ‘partygate’. Gray, of course, is now Keir Starmer’s right hand woman…

Mr Tang, who recently received an OBE for ‘public service’, runs the comms department now being publicly accused of leaking the betting scandal names by his former colleagues in the Cabinet Office. In so doing, Cabinet Office sources are basically suggesting that the Met is effectively aiding Labour. The Met have put out a strong denial this morning, calling the Cabinet Office’s claim ‘simply untrue’. Former ethics chief Sue Gray can’t be involved…

Steve Bray had his amps taken away by the plods this afternoon. They told him to shift off with the obstructing audio amplifiers. When he didn’t they confiscated them under section 145 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011:

“A constable or authorised officer may seize and retain prohibited items on land in the controlled areas, where it appears that the items are being, or have been, used in connection with the commission of an offence of failing without reasonable excuse to comply with a direction.“

Cue much shouting of “fascist state” and gnashing of teeth. Poor Steve clearly had the wind taken out of his sails, though. He lost a sparring match later in the day with a confident Jonathan Gullis before telling the cameraman to stop recording: “That’s enough, that’s enough, don’t give him any more airtime… that’s enough I said!” Rattled?

Politics is a dirty game. Since Labour’s candidate selection process in Croydon East was cancelled in November over allegations of vote rigging and irregularities in the Anonyvoter online voting system, the police have got involved. Local news website Inside Croydon has spoken to the Met, which has confirmed it is investigating:

“We have received allegations of computer misuse in relation to an internal selection process for a political party in Croydon during October and November last year. The Met’s Cyber Crime team are investigating and enquiries are ongoing.”

Trade unionist Joe Bodmer, who allegedly violated the rules by accessing the confidential CLP membership list before the selection process opened, has “withdrawn” himself from the new shortlist. The Information Commissioner’s Office has already confirmed it is investigating the local party’s story. Crime doesn’t pay as well as politics…

Sadiq Khan and his cronies in the London Assembly put the brakes on a Conservative proposal to inject £200 million into the Met police yesterday. Some of the funding would have gone into tackling knife crime in schools and in the streets. A reminder: knife crime in London has increased by 54 per cent under Khan.

Tory mayoral candidate Susan Hall slammed Khan’s move:

“Sadiq Khan and his allies have shown their true colours today, refusing to back the police after underfunding them for eight years. Sadiq Khan has arrogantly ignored Londoners, taking money from the police to splash on pre-election gimmicks. One thousand people have been killed since he was elected, but he is more interested in holidays, beach parties and selling his book than doing anything about it.”

It’s surprising to hear Khan couldn’t bring himself to support the worthy cause, considering he’s not stranger to spending a load of taxpayers’ cash. Guido recalls our London Mayor had no qualms spaffing £123 million on beach parties and woke projects, £30 million to tube strikers, £28.7 million on virtue signalling and self-promotion, all while raking in £26 million a month from pinching pennies off those who can’t afford ULEZ-compliant cars. Guido’s sure all these projects are much more important to Londoners than keeping crime off the streets…