Sir Keir Starmer is the most distinguished barrister to occupy the premiership since H.H. His legal career, however, has repeatedly bowled him difficult balls he has struggled to defend. The submission bearing Starmer’s name argued that, ‘the duty of effective investigation has not been fulfilled… they were perfunctory, lacking independence and wholly inadequate. Those standards must take into account the extraordinary pressure and risk under which service personnel operate. Neither Sir Keir Starmer nor the British government should protect service personnel who have committed offences.