Sir Keir and his wife Victoria are rapidly getting the hang of the highlife of private jets and freebies[/caption]
It’s staggering that a politician who sold himself to the nation as Mr Rules was happy to accept £107,000 of free clothes, concert and football tickets and use of a luxury penthouse apartment, without any worry that it might look hypocritical to the rest of us.
Frockgate to Flatgate
And it’s something of a shock that a Labour politician who accused the Tories of having their snouts in the trough seems to have no qualms when a ÂLabour donor doles out the goodies to HIM.
It’s also pretty amazing that Starmer thought he could move his entire family into his rich mate’s £18million penthouse for more than six weeks and we wouldn’t find out about it.
But even that’s not the most bizarre aspect of this story.
No, the MOST surprising thing about this whole saga is that a man who made a career for many years as a top-flight barrister has run out of decent arguments in his own defence.
As we have moved Âseamlessly from Frockgate to Flatgate — with barely time to grab freebie Âtickets to an Arsenal match in between — so the Prime Minister’s explanations and justifications have changed too.
He started with, “I’ve done nothing wrong†but, when that failed to stem the negative headlines, changed his defence to, “I followed all the rulesâ€.
When that line didn’t pass muster, the PM dug deep and went for the sympathy plea instead, insisting his actions were for family reasons.
First, he claimed he only accepted the free tickets to a box at Arsenal’s Emirates stadium so he could take his son to matches despite security concerns.
We have moved Âseamlessly from Frockgate to Flatgate — with barely time to grab freebie Âtickets to an Arsenal match in between
Then, this week, Sir Keir again thrust his teenage son forward.
He told the BBC he moved his family into Labour donor Lord Alli’s luxury apartment in London’s Covent ÂGarden because he was worried that his “boy†could fail his GCSEs because he was “disturbed†by journalists gathered outside their family home.
“Any parent would have made the same decision,†the Prime Minister insisted.
Except, of course, that most parents don’t have a multi-millionaire mate like Lord Alli.
The trouble with Starmer’s never-ending stories about why he accepted the Labour donor’s largesse is that they simply don’t add up.
Don’t you think that if there were throngs of media — or protesters — outside the Starmer house, we would have read about it sooner?
Once again we have a Prime Minister who thinks he can get away with SAYING one thing but DOING another
Now it’s emerged that he also used Lord Alli’s flat for a TV broadcast in December 2021, urging people to work from home during Covid — and with a carefully placed Âfamily photo apparently aimed at deceiving voters into thinking the then-Labour leader was in his OWN home at the time.
Lady Victoria has also benefitted from free and loaned designer clothes – such as this outfit worn during London Fashion Week[/caption]
This ongoing saga of freebies is about more than mere frocks or penthouse flats, it’s about integrity and trust.
Sadly, the least surprising thing about this whole soap opera is that once again we have a Prime Minister who thinks he can get away with SAYING one thing but DOING another.
Sir Keir Starmer KC may have led many a prosecution over the years, but he has yet to make a convincing case for his own defence.
Budget will drive us to drink
Whether it’s fast food, booze or cigarettes, it looks like all our favourite indulgences will be slammed with extra ‘sin’ taxes[/caption]
Whether it’s fast food, booze or cigarettes, it looks like all our favourite indulgences will be slammed with extra taxes to make them cost us more.
These so-called “sin taxes†are justified as ways to direct people toward making healthier choices, and also to raise money to cover the costs of our UNHEALTHY choices. But drinkers and smokers already pay billions in taxes that the Government can put toward paying for the NHS.
With all this doom and gloom, our guilty pleasures will be all we’ll have left to get us through the dark winter months.
THE prisoner early-release scheme has been a disaster.
Not only were 37 lags, including stalkers and wife-beaters, WRONGLY freed under the scheme because their offences had been incorrectly logged under outdated legislation, but five of them are STILL free on our streets.