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Starmer son finds a quiet place to study for GCSEs

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justasking111 · 25/09/2024 14:21

Can't berate Starmer for this but think some parents will be aghast.

"PM suggests £20,000 accommodation donation was for 'son to find somewhere for GCSE revision' | Evening Standard" https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/keir-starmer-donation-son-gcse-housing-acoommodation-prime-minister-b1183972.html

PM suggests £20,000 donation was for 'son to find somewhere for GCSE revision'

Keir Starmer defends his decision to take gifts from Labour peer Lord Alli

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/keir-starmer-donation-son-gcse-housing-acoommodation-prime-minister-b1183972.html

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NoWordForFluffy · 25/09/2024 21:39

If you don't know the difference between a donation to a political party, and donating freebies to a politician, it's no wonder you can't see the hypocrisy.

BIossomtoes · 25/09/2024 21:37

2k2j · 25/09/2024 21:34

Same for so many professions.

I have no idea why it’s acceptable for politicians to accept anything that’s more than a token amount.

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Because we don’t fund political parties and they’re entirely dependent on donations.

2k2j · 25/09/2024 21:34

CustardCreams2 · 25/09/2024 19:37

Any gifts to doctors can’t be more than a token amount. Any more than that - it has to be reported to the GMC and you wouldn’t be allowed to accept it. It wouldn’t constitute professional practice.

Why being Prime Minister of the UK doesn’t command the same professional conduct I do not know.

Same for so many professions.

I have no idea why it’s acceptable for politicians to accept anything that’s more than a token amount.

Portalsalways · 25/09/2024 21:15

GoldenSunflowers · 25/09/2024 20:48

Chequers is for PMs. Which Starmer wasn’t at the announcement of the snap election in the middle of GCSEs.

The clothes and glasses, stupid and WTF, I’m with you on that. This story, not too bothered.

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he couldn’t afford to maintain his integrity and pay for somewhere himself?

Rummly · 25/09/2024 21:13

Well, I suppose we can say this for Sir Keir and his flunkies: a pass to No.10 doesn’t come as cheap as we had thought.

It seemed like you could get one for the price of a couple of suits and some specs. Then we had to add on some haute couture for Vic. Then for Angela Rayner. Then there was a New Year break at a Manhattan penthouse for Ang and her beau. And now we discover that a lengthy study stay at the luxury Covent Garden pad was part of it (I don’t know if York notes and a geometry set were chucked in as well).

I hope Lord Alli is as rich as the papers say. Otherwise he may need a winter heating allowance at this rate.

GoldenSunflowers · 25/09/2024 20:48

Viewfrommyhouse · 25/09/2024 20:37

They've got Chequers FFS. Quiet, secure, no public allowed. And already at their disposal.

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Chequers is for PMs. Which Starmer wasn’t at the announcement of the snap election in the middle of GCSEs.

The clothes and glasses, stupid and WTF, I’m with you on that. This story, not too bothered.

Rummly · 25/09/2024 20:41

ChardonnaysBeastlyCat · 25/09/2024 20:38

Ah, but does your granny make a nice sponge cake?

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You mean like a Victoria Sponge?

Iwishicouldflyhigh · 25/09/2024 20:40

ChardonnaysBeastlyCat · 25/09/2024 20:38

Ah, but does your granny make a nice sponge cake?

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Or sausage sandwich?

ChardonnaysBeastlyCat · 25/09/2024 20:38

Another76543 · 25/09/2024 20:35

Going to stay at grandparents’ for some peace and quiet is a little different from being gifted the use of an £18m penthouse apartment in central London. I’m sure he had other options for his son, perhaps funded by himself, than a luxury apartment funded by a multi millionaire donor.

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Ah, but does your granny make a nice sponge cake?

ThePlumsOfWilfred · 25/09/2024 20:37

I find the media often do this.

They point out something they want outrage about and I think 'maybe you have a point'. But then they start hunting around for anything vaguely similar. By the time they have well and truly flogged the horse so much I start to think they are being ridiculous and suspect a witch hunt instead.

Taking free clothes seemed daft and I thought it was worth the highlight to bring an end to it.

But now they are so determined in the thing, I suspect an agenda instead. Free accomodation (aka staying at someone's house) is a zero story to me. See also Sky news who are running these stories about 'free hospitality' ad nauseum despite being the source of hospitality for Tory and Labour MPs alike. Hypocrits.

Viewfrommyhouse · 25/09/2024 20:37

Another76543 · 25/09/2024 20:35

Going to stay at grandparents’ for some peace and quiet is a little different from being gifted the use of an £18m penthouse apartment in central London. I’m sure he had other options for his son, perhaps funded by himself, than a luxury apartment funded by a multi millionaire donor.

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They've got Chequers FFS. Quiet, secure, no public allowed. And already at their disposal.

Another76543 · 25/09/2024 20:35

itwasnevermine · 25/09/2024 16:46

Yeah I revised at my nan's because she'd sleep all afternoon and I'd get peace, or at my parent's office on a weekend.

Every kid does it

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Going to stay at grandparents’ for some peace and quiet is a little different from being gifted the use of an £18m penthouse apartment in central London. I’m sure he had other options for his son, perhaps funded by himself, than a luxury apartment funded by a multi millionaire donor.

ChardonnaysBeastlyCat · 25/09/2024 20:35

AdoraBell · 25/09/2024 20:34

What about all the 16yr olds who have to re-take GCSEs? Why don’t they get a quiet penthouse to revise?

Because they might want some Taylor Swift tickets next.

Oh actually....

AdoraBell · 25/09/2024 20:34

What about all the 16yr olds who have to re-take GCSEs? Why don’t they get a quiet penthouse to revise?

Viewfrommyhouse · 25/09/2024 20:32

GoldenSunflowers · 25/09/2024 20:28

Because one is for the kid, the other was pure vanity, and the taxpayer paid for it.

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Lol, yeah, of course, it was for his kid.

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CustardCreams2 · 25/09/2024 20:32

GoldenSunflowers · 25/09/2024 20:29

Are we going round in circles here? He had space but needed quiet.

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Since when would any interviews/visits/paparrazi/journalism be conducted in the son’s bedroom?

ChardonnaysBeastlyCat · 25/09/2024 20:32

Viewfrommyhouse · 25/09/2024 20:30

I doubt anyone would disagree with you. But the fact is, he could've funded this 'study space' without it being donated. Although if you really believe it was for that purpose, I'm genuinely embarrassed for you. All KS has done is use his son as an excuse for a freebie. Hardly keeping him out of the limelight.

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Quite.

All he's achieved is actually thrusting his son into the limelight.

Another76543 · 25/09/2024 20:32

Nordione1 · 25/09/2024 15:05

You, or any of your donors, should not be able to buy educational advantage for your child. All children should have access to luxury penthouses to get some peace to revise if it's noisy at home. I thought this was one of Labour's basis rules.

That’s correct. ALL children should have equal opportunities. There should be no “privilege”. Parents trying to ensure their child reaches their full potential, whilst others have to struggle, should be penalised through the tax system. Those rules don’t apply to members of the Labour Party though, or their children.

EasternStandard · 25/09/2024 20:30

GoldenSunflowers · 25/09/2024 20:29

Are we going round in circles here? He had space but needed quiet.

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How noisy is a house? I mean they didn't have media in there with him

ChardonnaysBeastlyCat · 25/09/2024 20:30

He could have shut the bloody door and used some noise cancelling headphones, the way we all do.

Viewfrommyhouse · 25/09/2024 20:30

LlynTegid · 25/09/2024 20:21

Given the way some children of Prime Ministers have been treated in the past, I think this is reasonable.

I agree with the Prime Minister's wish to keep his children out of the limelight 100%.

I doubt anyone would disagree with you. But the fact is, he could've funded this 'study space' without it being donated. Although if you really believe it was for that purpose, I'm genuinely embarrassed for you. All KS has done is use his son as an excuse for a freebie. Hardly keeping him out of the limelight.

GoldenSunflowers · 25/09/2024 20:29

ChardonnaysBeastlyCat · 25/09/2024 20:28

Surely the child had their own bedroom in the family house?

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Are we going round in circles here? He had space but needed quiet.

ChardonnaysBeastlyCat · 25/09/2024 20:28

GoldenSunflowers · 25/09/2024 20:25

I’m waiting for the gold wallpaper and floral curtains before I lose all respect. For the time being, his kid getting a fancy quiet place gets a pass.

Surely the child had their own bedroom in the family house?

GoldenSunflowers · 25/09/2024 20:28

Viewfrommyhouse · 25/09/2024 20:26

Why?

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Because one is for the kid, the other was pure vanity, and the taxpayer paid for it.

dottiehens · 25/09/2024 20:27

What is not a surprise is that the usual suspects who were on this site for years on the Tories case. Now come to support Starmer and his hypocrisy.