The Irony.. PM's donation was for ‘son to study for GCSEs’

There are plenty of videos and pictures with a very simple search that show this.

But if you'd be happy for your child to be subjected to that during exam period that's down to you. Remember, Starmer didn't set the date of the general election.

Why would journos be camping outside a house when Starmer was doing press events during the campaign?

He would have been all over the country doing those, giving full access to press

The dates don't even match up. It was just a lie

What £20k donation?? There was no £20k donation.

He was offered the use of a friend's flat, which on the open market would have cost £20k. This was during the election campaign period where the press and protesting idiots caused mayhem and a lot of noise outside of their house. There was no peace, and to leave the house his son would have had to pass through this rabble.

I don't believe ANYONE that wouldn't have done the same for their child.

That's because you're misremembering the thread. The OP did not see two guys stealing ducks and putting them in bags, she saw two guys feeding ducks.

Later in the thread it is revealed that they are definitely not there to steal ducks and the OP was wrong to suspect this.

@Butterflyfern it’s interesting isn’t it? I noticed a couple of months ago a thread about someone walking their dog early hours in a park and them seeing two guys stealing ducks from the lake, putting them in bags, and should they have called the police, and then weeks later Trump starts the they’re eating cats and dogs in Springfield, which I hear, stemmed from a JD Vance tale about duck smuggling. It seemed too random and too weird a story for it to crop up separately and not to be related.

I hope they learn their lesson and clean up a bit - it’s not too late to turn this around.

It’s much harder to implement policies that will cost the people who are paying for your lifestyle even if it’s just subjective and not an objective bribe.

I think that's pretty much it in a nutshell

They are both as bad as each other.

I think there are a few people upset because they thought that there would be less of this kind of thing under Labour.

I didn't see you complaining about the threads about the Torys, are you just blinkered?

How on earth are people buying this line. What public interest is there for a GSCE kid

Journos wouldn't even be camping outside Keir's door, they'd be following the campaign trail and turning up to scheduled events. Keir was hardly in hiding, he was trying to get all the PR he could, hence journos having no issue getting access

The dates don't even match up with the lie about needing quiet for 'his boy'

Arsenal fans have the measure of ‘two tier Kier’.

Why on earth is the kid being 'stalked'?

You'd have to ask the journos concerned. Maybe a little matter of his father standing for election and being slated to be the next Prime Minister?

Well, colour me amazed that the Telegraph got it wrong.

Unbelievable. Another blow to his popularity. Another stripe for Two Tier Keir. Another farcical pop at people who’ve striven to make private schooling a possibility.

Better tell the journos at The Telegraph then - 🤷‍♀️

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/09/21/cabinet-more-than-800000-donations-freebies-this-year/

The whole point that everyone is making about Labour MPs and the Prime Minister having their snouts in the trough is the hypocrisy of it all.

Why on earth is the kid being 'stalked'?

Is Starmer not turning up to press events to actually talk to invited journalists or does he hide away at home and only get door stopped

The dates don't even match up. Why people are buying this rubbish

Love this.

Well said...

I'm failing to see the equivalence between a kid who's being stalked by paparazzi, having to barge through a mob of yelling adults every time he goes in or out of the family home, and another kid of the same age who goes about his day in peace but whose parents are upset about paying tax.

Exactly. It's nonsense (and I say that as a parent with children at private school)

But don’t you get that parents that pay for private education still pay for state education. So if they leave private education to join state schools, there isn’t going to be any more money, just more over crowding. IMO the whole vat thing is mad.

Oh yes, the celebrations of the new Messiah the day after the election. I especially remember one eager poster posting picture after picture of Starmer at that conference with her own spin on every one, but the basic interpretation was that the whole of Europe was falling at Starmer's feet and were glad the 'grown-ups were in charge.
It was a bit weird tbh, but amusing at the same time

Try not to be so literal in your interpretations . There is no such thing as a free lunch.

So free use of a flat wi come at a price further down the line.... wonder what that favour will be.

Labour voter here and disagree with the existence of private schools.
I think the Vat should have applied from next September and initially only at year 9 and under, going up to the later years in time.
I also think politicians should not be allowed to accept any gifts. I work in a university, we can't accept gifts of over £50. Below £50 we have to declare unless it's a token box of heroes or similar. This is because of bribery. Surely it matters far more if politicians get bribed. It should be the same rule for everyone