Sir Softy or Keir Hard-y

<p>Keir Starmer keeps talking about his record as Director of Public Prosecutions, arguing it shows he was tough on crime - but the Conservatives think it proves he's actually 'Sir Softie'. Matt finds out what a DPP does, and looks at Starmer's successes and his failures in the job.&nbsp;</p><br><p>Plus columnists Libby Purves and Rachel Sylvester on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/diane-abbott-has-labour-whip-suspended-over-jewish-racism-claims-tzg8v87k3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Diane Abbott sparking a new anti-semitism row in the Labour party,&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/michael-morpurgo-stop-nitpicking-about-the-past-and-leave-classic-books-alone-5kj5drwst" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sir Michael Morpurgo's call to stop "nitpicking" classic books</a>, and Matt and Rachel apologise to our Welsh listeners .</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>