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If I offer you a suite at the Dorchester, it's not like I give you the money, it's just that they have a spare suite and I offer it's use. Hmm....
The stuff about Johnson is whataboutery. Ignoring that, he was likely the most venal politician of his generation, so he's probably not someone you'd want to be measured against.
Starmer's key campaign messages, were a return to steady, technocratic government, fairness and removing the grift from politics. I can see why people would bristle - the fact his personal ratings are below Sunak's tend to suggest people do care about the appearances.
I think Starmer had an astonishingly easy ride from the media in opposition. His team are disastrously complacent if they expected that to carry over into office.