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General election 2024

Keir Starmer accepted £76,000 of freebies

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nearlylovemyusername · 02/07/2024 16:48

Keir Starmer accepted £76,000 of freebies including tickets to over 20 football games (ft.com)

Sir Keir Starmer accepted £76,000 worth of entertainment, clothes and similar freebies from UK donors since the 2019 general election, more than almost any other MP, according to research by the Financial Times.

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BIossomtoes · 02/07/2024 18:18

VoteOutToHelpOut · 02/07/2024 18:17

I wonder what tomorrow's final efforts will be?

Keir sometimes wears the same underpants two days running.

Keir doesn't put the tomato ketchup back in the fridge

Keir sometimes farts in bed

Leaves the top off the toothpaste.

Thingscanonlygetsunk · 02/07/2024 18:19

VoteOutToHelpOut · 02/07/2024 18:17

I wonder what tomorrow's final efforts will be?

Keir sometimes wears the same underpants two days running.

Keir doesn't put the tomato ketchup back in the fridge

Keir sometimes farts in bed

I'm hoping for one final outing of the But Jeremy Corbyn.

Parrotcoop · 02/07/2024 18:20

nearlylovemyusername · 02/07/2024 17:10

Article is behind paywall and I exhausted my sharing limit. Google reposts

All I'm saying is that he's the same as everyone else. And he's not even in power yet

And you couldn't just say Sunak was one of the ones who accepted more? 🤣

user1984778379202 · 02/07/2024 18:21

Decompressing2 · 02/07/2024 18:10

I'm still getting my head around both himself and his wife went to private school....

He went to a state grammar school which went private while he was a pupil there. Under the terms of the transfer his parents were not required to pay fees until he turned 16, at which point they managed to secure him a bursary, otherwise he'd have had to leave.

As for his wife, she's not standing to be PM, so it makes no odds where she went.

RafaistheKingofClay · 02/07/2024 18:22

Thingscanonlygetsunk · 02/07/2024 18:19

I'm hoping for one final outing of the But Jeremy Corbyn.

Edited

Stop that now. I’ve inexplicably had ‘oh Jeremy Corbyn’ as an ear worm for the last two weeks and I’ve only just got it out of my head.

Thingscanonlygetsunk · 02/07/2024 18:25

RafaistheKingofClay · 02/07/2024 18:22

Stop that now. I’ve inexplicably had ‘oh Jeremy Corbyn’ as an ear worm for the last two weeks and I’ve only just got it out of my head.

I firmly believe that there is still time for Sunak to try and turn this election into a referendum on But Jeremy Corbyn.

Much like everything else that reverse midas Sunak tries it will go badly.

user1984778379202 · 02/07/2024 18:28

Janehasamane · 02/07/2024 18:14

It’s not really a slur though is it, he’s been enjoying expensive freebies , so it’s a fair observation. It’s not like she made it up. It’s a factual post

Okay, so what about Sunak accepting £100k from donors in just EIGHT MONTHS to fund his regular helicopter travel? Now that's an expensive freebie. Starmer's accepted less than that across four years.

bylinetimes.com/2024/06/11/rishi-sunak-taxpayer-funded-air-travel-bill-exposed/

GuinnessBird · 02/07/2024 18:28

Who cares, Johnson and Truss etc got far more freebies.

ginasevern · 02/07/2024 18:29

VoteOutToHelpOut · 02/07/2024 17:41

So the best sleaze that the Tories have been able to dig up on Starmer is:

a) he likes to have Friday night dinners with his family; and

b) he has accepted gifts that he is allowed to accept and recorded and declared them in the proper way. Much of the £76K seems to involve his obsession withArsenal.

God what a slimeball he is.

Wasn't there also some hilarious article a couple of years ago trying to paint him as a complete and utter bastard because he owned a donkey sanctuary? It was in the Daily Mail I think and (obviously) back fired big style.

BIossomtoes · 02/07/2024 18:30

GuinnessBird · 02/07/2024 18:28

Who cares, Johnson and Truss etc got far more freebies.

And continue to get our money with pensions and security until the day they die. Talk about rewarding failure.

DuncinToffee · 02/07/2024 18:33

The Telegraph's latest is

Keir Starmer says he will still play five-a-side football every week if he becomes PM

But what if the Russians attack when he is tying his boot laces

L1ttledrummergirl · 02/07/2024 18:34

How much was Bojos wallpaper?

SlothOnARope · 02/07/2024 18:35

Put 3 more noughts on the 76,000 and you might get close to what Boris & Co have blagged and swindled.

I'm sure that as we speak the Labour Party is on the case with drafting its new Code of Ethics and Gifts Policy.

CassieMaddox · 02/07/2024 18:37

Churchview · 02/07/2024 17:36

And in a few years time there will be same tune about mates, contracts etc

In all the time Keir Starmer has been in the public eye, holding down hugely responsible jobs he has done nothing of this sort which the Tories/media have been able to find and bring to our attention.

I bet you that there will be none of this. We just think there will as we've been so steeped in Tory sleeze, contracts for mates that now we think it's normal.

Well said 👏

CassieMaddox · 02/07/2024 18:39

user1984778379202 · 02/07/2024 18:07

Show me where he's backhanded NHS contracts worth millions to his mates, lied to Parliament, broken the law and cheated on his wife, then you can say he's the same as everyone else.

Edited

😂

CassieMaddox · 02/07/2024 18:42

DuncinToffee · 02/07/2024 18:33

The Telegraph's latest is

Keir Starmer says he will still play five-a-side football every week if he becomes PM

But what if the Russians attack when he is tying his boot laces

😂

SonicTheHodgeheg · 02/07/2024 18:42

You’re going to have to explain why it’s problematic. For example was Arsenal owned by a Russian oligarch who was hoping that Starmer would reverse sanctions?
The figures for Truss are startling but it makes sense that she got airport upgrades for security reasons because she was PM.

FWIW I don’t think Starmer is a saint but he’s hopefully better than some of the toxic and corrupt Tories that we’ve had in recent times like Johnson.

DancingPhantomsOnTheTerrace · 02/07/2024 18:51

I'm saying that those believing in saint Sir Keir will be disappointed at some stage.

Keir Starmer has shockingly low approval ratings for someone who is about to become PM, especially given the poll lead labour has overall.
I really don't think anyone thinks he's a saint, it's just that they currently really dislike Sunak and the Tories.

DancingPhantomsOnTheTerrace · 02/07/2024 18:53

Decompressing2 · 02/07/2024 18:10

I'm still getting my head around both himself and his wife went to private school....

He went to a state school that became private while he was there, and remained free for students already there.

AutumnColour89 · 02/07/2024 18:53

Hmm I think this does highlight an issue, not with KS specifically. But I don't think MPs should be accepting freebies full stop. Far to open to corruption.

I've been a government employee for years and we're not allowed to accept gifts over £25 value- and Civil Servants have far, far less power than MPs in terms of making decisions/ influencing in a way that would benefit someone specific. Look at what happened during the pandemic.

I once audited a safe at work where gifts declared were kept before going to auction. Some really exotic things in there from all over the world. And in a later role at a Jobcentre, this lovely couple came in months after I'd helped them with a cheap (still very much appreciated) bottle of Prosecco as a thank you, worth around £6 at the time. My colleague passed it on to me and I still declared it, the jobsworth manager took it off of me, then 6 weeks later said I couldn't have it back because it couldn't be drunk on the premises or shared with my other colleagues.

If MPs are allowed to take gifts, especially to that level, how can we possibly be sure they won't become 'bribes'?

CassieMaddox · 02/07/2024 18:56

AutumnColour89 · 02/07/2024 18:53

Hmm I think this does highlight an issue, not with KS specifically. But I don't think MPs should be accepting freebies full stop. Far to open to corruption.

I've been a government employee for years and we're not allowed to accept gifts over £25 value- and Civil Servants have far, far less power than MPs in terms of making decisions/ influencing in a way that would benefit someone specific. Look at what happened during the pandemic.

I once audited a safe at work where gifts declared were kept before going to auction. Some really exotic things in there from all over the world. And in a later role at a Jobcentre, this lovely couple came in months after I'd helped them with a cheap (still very much appreciated) bottle of Prosecco as a thank you, worth around £6 at the time. My colleague passed it on to me and I still declared it, the jobsworth manager took it off of me, then 6 weeks later said I couldn't have it back because it couldn't be drunk on the premises or shared with my other colleagues.

If MPs are allowed to take gifts, especially to that level, how can we possibly be sure they won't become 'bribes'?

I don't think its that straightforward.
If a lot of it is "hospitality" at matches, it's complicated. He's happy to go in the stands, the club think that's a risk so have "upgraded" him. Same as Truss and May at airports. It's not really a gift in that way.

If its in the rules and has been recorded I really don't see the issue

CovertPiggery · 02/07/2024 19:04

VoteOutToHelpOut · 02/07/2024 18:17

I wonder what tomorrow's final efforts will be?

Keir sometimes wears the same underpants two days running.

Keir doesn't put the tomato ketchup back in the fridge

Keir sometimes farts in bed

I heard he puts milk in his tea before hot water 😮

CovertPiggery · 02/07/2024 19:08

ginasevern · 02/07/2024 18:29

Wasn't there also some hilarious article a couple of years ago trying to paint him as a complete and utter bastard because he owned a donkey sanctuary? It was in the Daily Mail I think and (obviously) back fired big style.

I'd forgotten about that! They must be so annoyed they can't find anything actually bad.

Zonder · 02/07/2024 19:09

CovertPiggery · 02/07/2024 19:04

I heard he puts milk in his tea before hot water 😮

I bet he puts the loo roll the wrong way round on the holder too.