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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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Hallamlass · 02/07/2024 19:11

equisetum · 02/07/2024 16:58

Well he will be stopping work at 6pm every Friday, so whist the country goes to the dogs over the weekends, he will need tickets for events. Bless him.

He doesn't stop work every Friday at 6pm.
His wife and children are Jewish, so he celebrates the Sabbath with them. Which I think sounds like lovely family time together, and I respect him for it.

user1984778379202 · 02/07/2024 19:11

CovertPiggery · 02/07/2024 19:04

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

And he puts cream on before the jam when he eats scones.

bergamotorange · 02/07/2024 19:11

MrsTerryPratchett · 02/07/2024 16:56

When I worked for the Council we weren't allowed to accept anything. I don't know why someone higher up the chain should be able to.

Government employees shouldn't. State gifts are different.

You WORKED for the council.

Starmer is an ELECTED politician - he has to declare, if the public do not approve of the declarations they can reject him at the ballor box.

I agree with the comment above - it is the politicians who don't declare that are the concern.

Hallamlass · 02/07/2024 19:13

BIossomtoes · 02/07/2024 18:18

Leaves the top off the toothpaste.

Keir once didn't recycle a plastic carton.
Keir returned a library book two days late.
Keir once washed a load at 60°c instead of an energy saving 30....

CovertPiggery · 02/07/2024 19:13

Zonder · 02/07/2024 19:09

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

The heathen!!

SailorTwyft · 02/07/2024 19:13

thestudio · 02/07/2024 16:51

He declared it though? And it's within the law? Ok great all sorted.

Your answer would be very different if this was about a Tory.

(Ps NOT a Tory voter)

CovertPiggery · 02/07/2024 19:14

user1984778379202 · 02/07/2024 19:11

And he puts cream on before the jam when he eats scones.

🤮

He shouldn't even be allowed to stand!

CovertPiggery · 02/07/2024 19:15

Hallamlass · 02/07/2024 19:13

Keir once didn't recycle a plastic carton.
Keir returned a library book two days late.
Keir once washed a load at 60°c instead of an energy saving 30....

His favourite Star Wars character is Jar Jar Binks

DancingPhantomsOnTheTerrace · 02/07/2024 19:17

Well he will be stopping work at 6pm every Friday, so whist the country goes to the dogs over the weekends, he will need tickets for events. Bless him.

He said he had the evening with his family on Friday evening. Not that he stopped at 6pm on a Friday and then refused to do any work at all until Monday.

Criticise it if you want - but criticise it on the basis of what he actually said, not what you've made up.

HauntedPollingBooth · 02/07/2024 19:17

SailorTwyft · 02/07/2024 19:13

Your answer would be very different if this was about a Tory.

(Ps NOT a Tory voter)

Speaking for myself:

  1. No, it wouldn't - declared is declared, within the rules as they stand is fine.

  2. OP was making KS out to be worse than the Tories, despite much evidence to the contrary - helicopter rides, wallpaper etc. This was pointed out to her, after which she exited the thread.

The point here is that as always, the left is held to a higher standard than the right.

Anniegetyourgun · 02/07/2024 19:19

CovertPiggery · 02/07/2024 19:15

His favourite Star Wars character is Jar Jar Binks

Oh come on now, that's a jibe too far. I mean, smear all you like up to a point but that's just brutal.

NerdWhoEatsMedlar · 02/07/2024 19:20

Sir Keir Starmer accepted declared £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.

HTH

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-56878663
But is that a fact?

Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds outside Downing Street

Downing Street refurbishment: What is the row about?

Boris Johnson's adviser on standards has published his report into how work on the flat was paid for.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-56878663

thestudio · 02/07/2024 19:22

SailorTwyft · 02/07/2024 19:13

Your answer would be very different if this was about a Tory.

(Ps NOT a Tory voter)

Perhaps - it would be informed by 14 years of snaffling at the trough, and figures which make this look utterly piffling.

I'm only human after all.

CovertPiggery · 02/07/2024 19:22

Anniegetyourgun · 02/07/2024 19:19

Oh come on now, that's a jibe too far. I mean, smear all you like up to a point but that's just brutal.

It's true. And he thinks the correct order to watch the films is Episode I, II + III then IV, V + VI.

thestudio · 02/07/2024 19:23

Keir Starmer says 'another think coming'.

user1984778379202 · 02/07/2024 19:23

Anniegetyourgun · 02/07/2024 19:19

Oh come on now, that's a jibe too far. I mean, smear all you like up to a point but that's just brutal.

He thinks Mrs Brown's Boys is hilarious.

CovertPiggery · 02/07/2024 19:25

He double dips when sharing Doritos

thestudio · 02/07/2024 19:27

Keir Starmer stacks the dishwasher inefficiently.

thestudio · 02/07/2024 19:30

Kier Starmer says 'picky tea'.

Someone stop me.

CovertPiggery · 02/07/2024 19:30

thestudio · 02/07/2024 19:30

Kier Starmer says 'picky tea'.

Someone stop me.

🤣

He thinks Timothy Dalton is the best James Bond

Hallamlass · 02/07/2024 19:31

Keir Starmer doesn't like weddings and once pretended to be ill to avoid one.

user1984778379202 · 02/07/2024 19:31

He shouts 'TUNE!' whenever a song he likes comes on the radio.

PerkingFaintly · 02/07/2024 19:32

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.

I know!

I've been waiting for the last minute drops of smears, just too late for rebuttals before the polls open.

Still waiting!

I suppose there's still time, and I shouldn't underestimate anyone...

Hallamlass · 02/07/2024 19:32

He thinks the Richard Osman books are very well written and engaging.

user1984778379202 · 02/07/2024 19:33

He puts the empty milk carton back in the fridge.