Sir Keir Starmer has been pictured clutching his head after he skied a penalty whilst playing his regular eight-a-side football match.
The Prime Minister was spotted in north London wearing a replica England shirt worn during Euro 2004, white football socks, navy Adidas shorts and black astro trainers for his Sunday kickabout.
But despite looking the part, Sir Keir was left dejected after he sent a penalty kick over the bar, as his team went on to lose 6-11.
The PM is a regular attendee of the Sunday league game and has been seen playing there in the past with Mock the Week and Outnumbered star Hugh Dennis.
The Arsenal fan’s appearance on the pitch today comes after he sacked Labour Minister Andrew Gwynne this weekend after The Mail on Sunday exposed his racist and sexist messages.
One of the messages included a vile post saying he hoped a pensioner who didn’t vote Labour would die before the next election.
Sir Keir stripped Mr Gwynne of his job as Health Minister and suspended his membership of the Labour Party when he was told about the content of the WhatsApp messages yesterday.
Sir Keir Starmer had his head in his hands after he missed a penalty during his regular eight-a-side football match
Sir Keir was left dejected after he sent a penalty kick over the bar, as his team went on to loose 6-11
The Prime Minister was spotted in north London wearing a replica England shirt worn during Euro 2004, white football socks, navy Adidas shorts and black astro trainers for his Sunday kickabout
A Government spokesman said: ‘The Prime Minister is determined to uphold high standards of conduct in public office. He will not hesitate to take action against any Minister who fails to meet these standards, as he has in this case.’
The PM has also been accused of trying to pressure the BBC into dropping a story revealing his top aide was paid more than the Prime Minister himself.
Sir Keir is said to have asked Cabinet Secretary Sir Simon Case to call the corporation’s political editor Chris Mason after he informed No10 he was preparing to reveal her £170,000 salary.
A new book says Sir Simon, supposedly an impartial civil servant at the time, then called the BBC’s director-general Tim Davie, to air Downing Street’s reservations about the story.
Ms Gray’s three months in No10 were marked by regular reports of tensions within Sir Keir’s top team, while it was leaked that she was earning more than Sir Keir’s salary of £166,786.
She later quit, and refused a lesser job as an envoy to devolved administrations, before being made a peer as Baroness Gray of Tottenham.
