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Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer was told 'you'd have failed your test' after he was given a crash course in HGV driving today.
Sir Keir had been visiting a HGV driver training centre in Greengate, Middleton, Greater Manchester, amid his party's repeated calls for the Government to act on haulage driver shortages, when he was offered the chance to get behind the wheel.
However just moments later comical footage showed Sir Keir crash the large vehicle into metal frames behind him as his instructor confirmed: 'You'd have failed your test.'
The visit to the HGV training provider comes after Sir Keir urged the Government to tackle haulage driver shortages 'before yet another Christmas is ruined by Tory failure'.
Sir Keir Starmer reverses the lorry during a visit to a HGV driver training centre in Greengate, Middleton, Greater Manchester, today
Just moments later the Labour leader crashes the large vehicle into metal frames behind him
During the clip, the Labour leader is seen carefully reversing the HGV lorry as his instructor sat beside him gives him instructions.
However just seconds later a crash is heard in the background as the lorry collides into metal structures behind and Sir Keir's instructor says: 'Put it in neutral, handbrake on. Turn your ignition off.
'You'd have failed your test.'
The Labour leader begins to remove his seat belt before replying: 'OK very good. Very
