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2024-04-21 20:08:04 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 8B3EA6D3FE6F21FDB752E14864B22736E121FFB3366BD9F2767342A8FD4E65CB
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This is a digitally altered photograph. The original picture shows Starmer sitting with Gordon Brown. https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/viral-image-keir-starmer-sitting-with-jimmy-savile-is-fake-2024-02-20/ And an independent article links the appearance of the doctored picture to Keith Girling, the Conservative deputy leader of Newark and Sherwood District Council, https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jimmy-savile-keir-starmer-tory-councillor-b2011099.html
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