I doubt it's a bit weird to either of these 2 ghouls really. You would think they'd have to cave to the pressure at some stage but I reckon they won't and they'll be gone at the next election.
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I doubt it's a bit weird to either of these 2 ghouls really. You would think they'd have to cave to the pressure at some stage but I reckon they won't and they'll be gone at the next election.
Notice when he gets asked questions he doesn’t like, his entire face hardens and he has a look of “I could kill you!”?
The answer that he was doing it for his kid (who apparently has to revise in a penthouse) was poor. Also the ‘I did what any parent would have done’ comment. No, they wouldn’t because we never get that choice, but also because we wouldn’t?
Reason for clothing donations was he was ‘busy’…. what has being busy got to do with who pays the bill? Then doubles down with ‘it was ok in opposition’. So all the Tory MPs can fill their boots then now.
And then turns on SKY “you invite me to your party”.
Don’t know which is worse… that they were his instinctive replies (I don’t think he’s a good natural interviewee.. he doesn’t react well to challenge) OR he has paid aides/PR firms who told him this was the way to go (in which case fire them).
He managed to fit a lot into that interview, fair play to him.
Wonder what the private school kids coming out of private school because of extra VAT cost, think about this impact on young Starmer
I agree 100%.
My mum was a primary school teacher for years and some of the stories she could tell are heartbreaking.
One question I have is why only 750 schools to start with?
Do they think it might not work or something? Just do it for everyone
They not only feel entitled to the power, but they really, really beleive they should have power without any sort of accountability.
Jones can be annoying, but hes asking pretty soft stuff here.
Jones can be annoying, but hes asking pretty soft stuff here.
Bear in mind that this is the person who when asked if a loved one was "on a long waiting list for surgery, would you, if you felt that that was the only way forward, use private healthcare?", he (bizarrely) answered - “No.”
They were pretty insufferable in their callousness before the election but they could always turn around and say that the Tories were such a plague on the country that any temporary genuflection before the altar of Kier was worthy in service to the greater cause, that of a Toryless political landscape. Some did express this view.
The election came and went, and still these same dolts and dullards continued with the mission to defend Kier and his hulking majority, at all costs.
Trump worship is evil but somewhat explainable: he had pizazz and stupid people love that. What motivates these mini Starmers is harder to understand and a lot creepier.
Labour are going to get a much rougher ride than this, given the mountain of problems that need solving. I'm not saying they couldn't be a.lot sharper at the moment but a little bit of perspective might be useful as well.
Seriously? Man why won't anyone ever think of private school kids, eh?
They've made it infinitely more difficult now that everyone knows they're pieces of shit that can't be trusted.
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From The Spectator:
Now it transpires that a Labour MP took a million-pound loan from Lord Alli – to buy a flat for her sister. Mitcham and Morden’s MP Siobhain McDonagh was helped in her bid to buy accommodation for her terminally ill sibling and formerly Labour’s first female general secretary, Baroness McDonagh, by Alli – with the Labour peer said to be the ‘best friend’ of the donor.
McDonagh registered the £1.2 million loan from Alli in March last year, stating that it was an ‘interest free loan to bet repaid on the sale of the home I share with a family member’. She added: ‘The move was necessary to provide the family member with complete ground floor access.’ Defending the decision, McDonagh took to social media to write:
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I find it strange that it was a loan to the sister who is a Labour MP.
Why didn’t he just rented out or buy the flat for the ill sister(The guy is apparently worth £200 million).
And this is why everyone, Siobhain McDonagh included, should be angry at the idiots getting their clothes bought and everything else.
Because they create the environment of distrust that means her situation gets dragged into it.
She also says she is waiting for the estate to be released to pay it back, so the sister must have at least part ownership of the property. So yes, the story is probably more complex than she is saying.
Even if it was all about helping a close friend the end result is now a labour politician owing a massive loan to a businessman. Not to mention the natural goodwill that comes with it.
Completely clouds a politician judgement.
It's Lee Harpin. The guy single-handedly keeps the UK's libel lawyer industry going.
Mental, if I was in that type of debt I'd be fired from my job in financial services
Of course the reason everyone knows is because they told everyone by registering it properly.
Not really.
This all started because starmer didn't register the gifts of clothing properly.
Which he then did, and the parliament standards commissioner said case closed.
MPs should follow the same rules as the rest of us, and labour have at minimum been naive, but there is something disconcerting about the way the left is doing the Tories such a favour here.
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No. They know because labour ran on an anti sleaze platform whilst taking (legalised) bribes off of anyone who could afford it. Surprise surprise, the right wing media that Starmer was sucking up to for the last 5 years have stabbed him in the back, exactly how most on the left predicted they would.
With current interest rates, a free 1.2m loan is a gift of around 50k per year, comparing with a decent mortgage deal.
Because people who are worth £200 million didn’t get that rich by being generous. If he rented the flat then that’s money he would never get back.
I think the loan vs gifting it is a tax issue. If she gets gifted a property then she will owe a lot of capital gains tax on that transaction. When it’s a loan there’s no tax to be paid (providing you pay at least some interest on the loan)
Sounds like their arrangement was the most tax efficient way for him to use his wealth to help out a friend. Although it’s caused a massive headache for her sister.
Is that a policy specific to your employer? I know the FCA guidance wouldn't require it.Mental, if I was in that type of debt I'd be fired from my job in financial services
Are we not all of the opinion that the Tories were baddies and Labour are the goodies? However comparative your scale may be.
This site seems to want to go overboard on balance. It’s close to the BBC during Brexit.
The fella is worth £200m and until he’s shown to be an absolute Cnut, he seems to be helping out a party and people that he believes in.
If I had £200m I’d be doing this kind of shit all the time. Anything that I asked for, could probably be seen as corruption. But I’d be pushing for societal change and positive things. That’s not inherently a bad thing.
From what I know, this fella isn’t pushing buttons to restrict human rights, dehumanising poor people or ethnic minorities, and increasing wealth inequality. He’s not on record for saying abhorrent things.
I’ll look like a naive twat if he does something dastardly, but I do think it’s possible to be an ethical rich person. Maybe money truly does corrupt you absolutely. But I have to believe that some rich people are good. I can’t wrap my head around being a good person and not just trying to do some good with that money.
The Tories have wrecked us to the core. We see corruption everywhere. Declared transactions are being warped into brown envelope bribes. I just don’t see it.
I really hope I’m right on this. I need just one man or woman to be good, and be using their current privilege for good. I WANT good people with lots of money, to do good. To influence politicians in positive directions, as long as they are not the sole arbiter of what ‘positive direction’ is.
Probably sounds like I’m making excuses for one side and not the other. But in totality, Tories are takers. Labour are leavers. The rules are the same, but their systems are so different. Night and day.
This site seems to want to go overboard on balance. It’s close to the BBC during Brexit.
The fella is worth £200m and until he’s shown to be an absolute Cnut, he seems to be helping out a party and people that he believes in.
If I had £200m I’d be doing this kind of shit all the time. Anything that I asked for, could probably be seen as corruption. But I’d be pushing for societal change and positive things. That’s not inherently a bad thing.
From what I know, this fella isn’t pushing buttons to restrict human rights, dehumanising poor people or ethnic minorities, and increasing wealth inequality. He’s not on record for saying abhorrent things.
I’ll look like a naive twat if he does something dastardly, but I do think it’s possible to be an ethical rich person. Maybe money truly does corrupt you absolutely. But I have to believe that some rich people are good. I can’t wrap my head around being a good person and not just trying to do some good with that money.
The Tories have wrecked us to the core. We see corruption everywhere. Declared transactions are being warped into brown envelope bribes. I just don’t see it.
I really hope I’m right on this. I need just one man or woman to be good, and be using their current privilege for good. I WANT good people with lots of money, to do good. To influence politicians in positive directions, as long as they are not the sole arbiter of what ‘positive direction’ is.
Probably sounds like I’m making excuses for one side and not the other. But in totality, Tories are takers. Labour are leavers. The rules are the same, but their systems are so different. Night and day.
Every insurer I’ve worked for wouldn’t take it, but then I am in roles where I have access to the accounts so I’d imagine that makes them twitchier
You could be right... but personally I find it stinks a bit that Labour's head of candidate selection for the election worked for Lord Waheed Ali's business and was on secondment.
For example, Lord Ali is on the board of a company called Executive Pipeline. The candidate who went up against Corbyn and lost was the son of one of his fellow board members. Labour's candidate selection was heavily criticised for multiple 'stitch ups'. Based on things we know, you'd have a hard time convincing me he is just some altruist who isn't buying influence.
Lord Ali seem to be like a Godfather figure. MP’s go to ask him for help and he gives them a offer they can’t refuse. It’s crazy.Mental, if I was in that type of debt I'd be fired from my job in financial services
Cheers.
Labour just got a £10 billion investment from Blackstone. Blackstone chairman is Stephen Schwarzman who is a Republican and currently backing Trump for the presidency.
When you say shit like the part I've bolded you just come across as silly.
Turns out donating to the Labour Party pays off!
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/la...based-hedge-fund-with-shares-in-oil-and-arms/
That’s kinda my point though. It’s where that line is drawn. If the line is “The establishment is broken and I can’t do another round of Corbynisn as the system is rigged against those politics”… I’m stepping in.
I’ll have Starmer goggled up in diamond encrusted goggles like Elton John and get him a live-in Saville Row tailor.
There is undoubtedly a level of proximity and accessibility that leaves things looking foul. I truly don’t think we’re there though. I don’t think Starmer is going to be enticed by exciting shiny shit at the expense of public service. It would be such a heel turn.
The rest of the party though? Many of the MP’s being fresh and new and have never been in Parliament? Huge concern there.
I don’t think he’s the Captain of a Pirate Ship. More like the Captain of a Cruise Liner. Not a boat full of thieves and scoundrels. But one of excited and naive tourists, running to the free bar on day one. Hopefully their first hangover will set them straight and reset for the rest of the voyage.
There are worries and concerns. It could all go wrong, but I think everything we’ve seen has been confected and overblown.
I'm not sure if the insinuation is we should be rejecting investments from Republican voters or hedge funds?
It raises questions over whether we are looking at another VIP Lane if contracts are being handed out to corporate donors.
Should we block US firms from expanding their businesses in the UK if their bosses are Republican backers?
That's potentially a lot of jobs for a region with high levels of unemployment.
I think by "raise questions" you mean "cast aspersions" right?
This one has been in the pipeline since well before the election and the local (tory) council has been a key driving force.
Ok and the Labour Party could have put it back out to tender?
I’m sure the £4m donation was purely altruistic and had no strings attached.
I'm not sure what kind of investment into the project was required by those who benefited from the VIP lane contracts?
When you can't criticise the funding, you can always criticise the funder, it's the nature of purity tests.