As its coverage of the “Beergate scandal” surrounding Sir Keir Starmer enters a 12th day, the Daily Mail accuses the Labour leader of “running scared” after he pulled out of a speech at an event where he was set to face questions from journalists. The paper says the sudden cancellation came after a leaked Labour memo appeared to “contradict” his account of the night he had beer and curry with colleagues at an MP’s office in Durham during lockdown.