I don’t think Labour can recover from this horrendous start, says Patrick Christys

This is the same level of protection the Home Office has refused to provide for Prince Harry.

But this is where it gets interesting. Taylor Swift and her mother reportedly threatened to cancel the gigs following a terror threat in Vienna.

A source says Home Secretary Yvette Cooper then stressed to our police force that it would be embarrassing and economically damaging if Swift cancelled.

But it has been revealed that the Home Secretary went for free to a Taylor Swift conert as a guest of Swift's music label Universal Music.

Her husband, Ed Balls, was given four tickets and she went with him. She did not declare this because apparently the tickets were only worth £170 - that's less than the £300 that would make it a declarable interest.

And on that same night, Taylor Swift got a taxpayer funded blue-light escort to the gig.

There are also reports that Sadiq Khan was involved.

The same Mayor Khan who unveiled the Swiftie Steps and then attended a concert for free.

Labour seem confused about what went on, Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy seemed to admit that Labour politicians were involved with discussions with police over a taxpayer-funded escort.

She then got mauled by Sky News' Kay Burley this morning.

A statement from the Home Office initially suggested Labour was involved in discussions about a police escort:

It reads: 'Of course, when events of this scale take place you would expect the Government, the Mayor's office and the Met Police to work together to ensure they can be held safely and securely.'

Ex-Tory Leadership candidate and former Home Secretary James Cleverly wrote a letter to Yvette Cooper to get clarity on this, asking: "Did you or any of your ministers speak to Sir Mark Rowley about protection for Ms Swift?

"What advice did you or your ministers receive from Sir Mark or other senior Met Police officers?"

He said 'The role of the SEG is not for use by pop-stars.'

Now Labour are backing off a bit, saying they weren't really involved, this is a police matter and nothing dodgy has happened at all, and it even if they were involved it had nothing to do with the fact a load of Labour MPs were looking forward to seeing Taylor Swift themselves.

It comes off the back of numerous sleaze allegations, Starmer himself has finally u-turned and paid for his own tickets to that concert.

Now 59 per cent of the British public think Labour are sleazy.

If the police and Labour ministers thought the terror threat against Taylor Swift was so bad why did so many Labour politicians, including the Prime Minister, go to her concerts? Surely they can't have been that worried?

Starmer hs now he has been referred to the police over a potential breach of electoral law regarding Lord Waheed Alli's £18m Covent Garden penthouse.

Starmer told parliament he was living at Lord Alli’s in Covent Garden, but on his nomination form before and after the election, but appears to have declared as the sworn truth on his election nomination form that at the time he was living in Kentish Town.

According to the Guido Fawkes website the law is clear, you must list a current address or you are committing a criminal offence.

Keir Starmer denies any wrongdoing...but let's watch this space.

Either way, I just don't think Labour can recover from this horrendous start.