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Fwiw I think this story is easily put to bed if starmer stops taking, low level freebies, he could otherwise afford. He does have a whif of boris about him saying “I make a paupers salary as a leader”. He’s been partial to them for years tho, so I doubt it will change. It’s all very treats for me but not ye’.
The fact his front bench/ allies seem so absolutely incapable of putting out a line which doesn’t:
A) suggest the tax payer gives them more freebies
B) utter amazement at the idea of “making a sacrifice” in context of their party messaging
C) seemingly be annoyed the journalist is asking them any question other than “what’s your perfect Sunday”
The eagle interview was wild to read. If you were being kind you could assume it’s related to not wanting to defend starmers own, quite frankly, baffling comments about it in Bloomberg the night before.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-16/keir-starmer-defends-clothes-gifts-amid-row-over-labour-donor
seeing lammy and waugh have also flailed, it probably has more worrying implication's down the line when their unpopular decisions start biting. seems they haven’t got the charisma to bounce it off, or the Teflon like nature of the tories, to use up.
On the Italy thing it is funny how they promised a reset with Europe and then said no to student exchanges and Yes to racist border policy. We can see what European values they intend to pick back up.