ITV were forced to apologise during the UK Open for rude chants directed at Kier Starmer.
The Prime Minister has regularly been a target of darts fans over recent months.
The raucous crowd in Minehead was in a typically loud voice throughout the arrowed action at the oche on finals day.
Starmer is currently under the spotlight after taking criticism from US president Donald Trump due to his reluctance to join the war against Iran.
Trump said of Starmer that he was “not Winston Churchill” after he was denied permission to launch missiles strike from UK territory.
This included firing from the joint-US base on Diego Garcia in the Chagos Islands.
Starmer has backed down and will let the US fly missions for “specific and limited defensive purposes”.
Darts fans have often chanted “Keir Starmer‘s a w****r” from the crowd in recent tournaments.
The rude chant was heard at the World Championship at Alexandra Palace among other events.
It was chanted yet again during finals day at Minehead, which forced ITV to issue an apology to viewers.
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World no1 Luke Littler retained his UK Open title as he roared to an 11-7 win over James Wade in the final.
The final was a repeat of the 2025 showpiece match in which Littler also won but by a bigger margin of 11-2.
Littler reached the final by coming through the quarter-final and semi-final clashes against Danny Noppert and Josh Rock.
In the semi-final, he watched as one checkout went freakishly wrong as one of his darts popped out of the board.
The teenager landed himself a prize money cheque worth £120,000 with his victory.
Finals day results
Here are the results from finals day at the UK Open…
Quarter-finals
- Krzysztof Ratajski 7-10 Josh Rock
- James Wade 10-9 Rob Cross
- Luke Littler 10-6 Danny Noppert
- Jonny Clayton 8-10 Gerwyn Price
Semi-finals
- James Wade 11-8 Gerwyn Price
- Luke Littler 11-9 Josh Rock
Final
- James Wade 7-11 Luke Littler
