QUENTIN LETTS: Keir Starmer is barely meeting any real voters. He is kept inside his canopic jar, protected from view like King Tut's intestines

Word came late: Sir Keir Starmer would visit a pub in Basingstoke. Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer during a visit to Gabardine Bar in Basingstoke, while on the General Election campaign trail During his campaign, Starmer has been kept inside his canopic jar, protected from view like King Tutankhamun's intestines There are two reasons politicians visit catering outlets. Theo Paphitis was one of the few people in attendance at Sir Keir's visit to the Basingstoke pub Sir Keir had the air of a man coming to terms with his apparently imminent landslide. Apart from that, he has been kept inside his canopic jar, protected from view like King Tutankhamun's intestines.