How much should Keir Starmer spend on glasses?

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23 күн бұрын

Starmer received gifts of more than £18,000 to polish his image in the run-up to the election - including £2,485 on glasses. Really? Does this mean he’s a man who is more interested in style than substance? And does it mean he’s also a man willing to be in hock to his donors? None of this feels good about a new prime minister.
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@Wulfuswulferson 20 күн бұрын

Head of the CPS, Labour MP then leader of the opposition, he shouldn't need financial help to buy clothes

@witlesswonderthe2nd883 20 күн бұрын

A lady of the night has more morals and respect for themselves than the original tool himself.

@stonemunkyUK 20 күн бұрын

No one has ever been able to give me a convincing definition of the difference between a political donation and a bribe.

@BOZ_11 20 күн бұрын

Th grassroots money that flowed into Corbyn's Labour is an example of donation(s) not bribes. Wealthy capitalists don't make donations, they make bribes

@mentality-monster 17 күн бұрын

Large donations? Obviously just buying favour and influence. Small donations from mass membership? Money for old rope, since Labour have little intention of listening to the members any more.

@BOZ_11 17 күн бұрын

@@mentality-monster well small donations worked for Corbyn

@mentality-monster 17 күн бұрын

@@BOZ_11 Yes, hence "any more".

@michaelmayo3127 20 күн бұрын

Yeah, Starmer is a bit of a la-la person when it come to perks. He sends the signal, that he's for sale!! And with the salary that he receives; he has no need of perks and accepting such, doesn't improve the credibility of his his personality!!.

@witlesswonderthe2nd883 20 күн бұрын

The man has no personality he’s as drab a grey doormat. His constant uturns highlighted a man of little character and no morals. While politicians may stand for something you don’t like or agree with they will be consistent in their points and belief in them. Unfortunately for the general public Starmer stands for nothing and his merry little bunch around him are about to unleash chaos upon the public that will make the Tories innings look like a picnic

@Mulberry2000 20 күн бұрын

Well the glasses did not help because i did not notice, he still looked the same. He will do nothing to upset his donors.

@firebyrd437 20 күн бұрын

Starmer is not a lefty, but he's certainly as corrupt as the tories. Obviously, the amount he's been gifted on freebies is far less than what tories and their friends received, but the principal is the same. I'm 70, my glasses broke so I used my previous pair and the leg fell off. I'm resorting to the glasses you buy for a couple of quid. I have cataracts, and the glasses now don't give me full vision, but I can't afford to buy another pair, and Sir Kid Starver gets donated his. He won't remove the 2 child benefit cap, yet he's getting freebies worth thousands. It's just not right

@aturan-fo1qt 20 күн бұрын

How the law allows him to accept expensive gifts?

@zetectic7968 20 күн бұрын

Same as Sunak's free helicopter flights. As long as the gifts are within the limits & properly declared they are OK

@adamnealis 20 күн бұрын

Like Judge Dredd he is the Law! /sarc

@strandedstarfish 20 күн бұрын

@@adamnealis Drokk

@hettyindyscot18 20 күн бұрын

Well said Richard. Just saw this now, cheered me up a bit, thanks. My dear father a Labour voter in N E Eng, until T.Blair and Thatcher's New Labcons, used to say we'll be like a little America one day. He meant that politically those who could con and fool the people, by acting, their popularity based on persona an image, fakery, would be the deciding factor in who would take control of government. We are there now. Scary times ahead my biggest fear is Starmer forcing our young to fight in a proxy war, it won't take long and people will really regret voting for the right wing Labour party, yikes.

@gio-oz8gf 20 күн бұрын

There is only one answer, Richard, you will have to become PM yourself so that we can be led by someone with integrity and competence.

@nickjanczak9665 20 күн бұрын

According to Double Down News when Starmer was in the CPS he spent a whopping £65,000 on taxis in one year alone, until someone pointed out to him that the optics of that looked a bit off.

@RichardBrown7k 20 күн бұрын

He;s not even the office Prime Minister yet, and the smears have already begun

@M2Mil7er 20 күн бұрын

Material analysis. Not a smear.

@strandedstarfish 20 күн бұрын

How long should one wait before you allow them to question the PM?

@keithparker1346 20 күн бұрын

Sounds like you're in love with Starmer and cannot stand any criticism of him

@RichardBrown7k 20 күн бұрын

@@keithparker1346 We have just put up with the dirtiest General Election in living memory, the nastiest and most ridiculous of it mainly , although by no means exclusively, coming from the Far Right, and the whinging has already begun. If truth is a total stranger to you, at least have the manners not to insult people's intelligence until your political opponents have actually done anything you can moan about

@royrcf Күн бұрын

We will never know what was expected in return, or the motive for the donation, but accepting it shows a weakness of judgement.

@weediestbroom 20 күн бұрын

Bought and paid for. Glad i voted green

@jacquityler2803 20 күн бұрын

I think lobbying mp's should be outlawed as well because it's effectively, corruption. Streeting has received thousands from private healthcare companies. Many mp's receive donations to push a particular agenda. They're supposed to be representing us, the people not companies.

@piccalillipit9211 18 күн бұрын

*SUNAKS SUITS DO NOT COST £3,000* his suits are made by Maurice Sedwell - they START at about £7,000 and easily cost £15,000 for a high quality cloth

@gaijintendo 20 күн бұрын

I presume the Taylor Swift concert was a gift, unless he's in hock with Big Taytay

@Mulberry2000 20 күн бұрын

The point is he is hock to the rich.

@gaijintendo 20 күн бұрын

@@Mulberry2000 100%, that's how he got the job. I guess he figured there's no point being principled and in opposition. But really I just wanted to write the words "Big Taytay".

@Mulberry2000 20 күн бұрын

@@gaijintendo Yes

@firebyrd437 20 күн бұрын

Well the tickets to Adele were gifted

@shiningrain1 20 күн бұрын

Very good.

@muhammad-bin-american 20 күн бұрын

"...he still can't afford the last two inches of the trouser leg" 🤣🤣🤣

@tretayuga 20 күн бұрын

You're talking about "glamour", which has been described as "a major world problem". "Glamour" and "grammar" have the same etymology, so if corporations can influence Starmer's glamour, they can likely influence what he says too.

@garyfraserlewis 17 күн бұрын

good video. nice conclusion.

@ParcBlondel 20 күн бұрын

Any chance we might "donate" food to hungry kids? Thought not.

@nickbarton3191 11 күн бұрын

I have two prescriptions, just the lens cost 500 quid a pair. And I have spare pairs. So thousands for a public speaker, in all the conditions he might find himself in, is not unreasonable.

@richy69ify 18 күн бұрын

He's going to Nationalise Water and Rail...isn't he ?

@zb2119 20 күн бұрын

Check out declassified's article on his expenses whilst head of the crown prosecution service. Hardly a public servant! This is is who he is, he may have come from humbke beginnings but boy has he enjoyed the perks of the job...smells of entitlement and no morals. I dread to see the changes he brings in.

@jeremykille4689 20 күн бұрын

At last! We have something in common, tri foculs.

@LeftyBanker 15 күн бұрын

I work in an industry that prohibits benefit in kind greater than £150 and also has special roles regarding clients that are politically exposed. It seems nonsensical that politicians are able to accept any kind of corporate or personal gifts, especially people in positions of enabling and implementing policy.

@ΑΣΔΦΓΗΞΚΛ 20 күн бұрын

Jeez i got some reading glasses from the pound shop

@whiskeyclone1 20 күн бұрын

I really don't think you appreciate the amount of effort it must take for Sunak to find a pair of trousers that sre too short for him!!!

@allbushnocraft3031 19 күн бұрын

what he behaves like a politician who knew🤣🤣why do people think that a change of party means a change of attitude.🤣🤣two cheeks same arse.

@magravy1 20 күн бұрын

I thought he was against this sort of thing.

@zetectic7968 20 күн бұрын

I spent £160 on a pair of reading glasses ( twisty/keep their shape, very thin lenses) over 12 years ago & luckily I can still use them but I regret spending so much. I try to get 2 for 1 or buy 1 get another half price. Surely Starmer can afford to buy his own spectacles & suits! Does he need to accept handouts for vanity sake? Having skimmed some results it appears that a lot of Labour wins were because the Tories lost votes to reform plc not because Labour got significantly more votes. That means their victory although good was built on defectors not wild enthusiasm for their policies.

@keithparker1346 20 күн бұрын

That's been known since the most recent bye elections

@BOZ_11 20 күн бұрын

Starmer had fewer votes than Corbyn is 2017 and 2019 (popular vote, not seats)

@piccalillipit9211 18 күн бұрын

*can we have a bit of perspective here...???* Im not actually a Starmer fan but this is hardly the £37 BILLION for a track and trace app that didnt work...!!!

@joegibbs448 20 күн бұрын

So the man who talks of change could end up the same as the people he has replaced....

@witlesswonderthe2nd883 20 күн бұрын

Could? He always was same as all the top spots belonging to the same mentality

@christinavuyk2026 20 күн бұрын

Pink tories the lot of them 😐

@Nuts-Bolts 19 күн бұрын

So what you’re saying is that we have at least gained the best government that money can buy.

@bakakafka4428 20 күн бұрын

Change is here! The names of the grifters have all changed!

@WarrenPeaceOG 20 күн бұрын

😹

@zb2119 20 күн бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@Nemo59646 20 күн бұрын

I can only afford online glasses £15 each.

@adenwellsmith6908 20 күн бұрын

He won't. We will be forced to spend.

@MrFas4wd 20 күн бұрын

Sunak wears flood pants. 😂😂

@mynameisnobody5295 20 күн бұрын

There is not a single human that is not influence. What does matter is that the influence is good or bad. But, how do you define what is good or bad as it's a variable rather than a constance. A constant does not change its value as the equation is solved. A variable, on the other hand, changes its value depending on the equation.

@mandaqu 20 күн бұрын

Come on Richard Why are you so petty about this ?

@ΑΣΔΦΓΗΞΚΛ 20 күн бұрын

Richard, that shirt is awful, you need dayglo lime green 😮

@karlkerr7348 20 күн бұрын

Starmer Labour is for sale.

@mrradman2986 20 күн бұрын

He is already admitted to being owned by the neofascist WEF.

@zetectic7968 20 күн бұрын

And the Tories never were🤣

@mrradman2986 20 күн бұрын

'Davos before Westminster' says a lot.

@gillcorless5273 20 күн бұрын

For sale after being stolen from the members

@plerpplerp5599 15 күн бұрын

Oh, please...😂 The country is on its arse, and you're talking about glasses?

@belnash2943 18 күн бұрын

Well it hasn’t worked he still looks terrible it would help him more with a consultation with an ear nose and throat doctor …his nasal voice is terrible

@leeallen463 20 күн бұрын

Seems more than a bit trivial and desperate. Surprised this was the response to the result.

@keithparker1346 20 күн бұрын

Seems like you want to give Starmer a free ride

@leeallen463 20 күн бұрын

@@keithparker1346 Not at all. But I'd say it's fair to give him a few months, considering how much mess the Tories have left.

@keithparker1346 20 күн бұрын

@@leeallen463 that's excuse making. Labour have had 14 years to prepare

@Mulberry2000 20 күн бұрын

@@leeallen463 No its not fair to give a man time who has had £22,000 in donation for for glasses to expect him to change. If you think that i have a bridge to sell you.

@moehoward01 19 күн бұрын

Who cares?

@karlkerr7348 20 күн бұрын

I think you're focusing on the wrong issue.

@keithparker1346 20 күн бұрын

Ok what issue should he be focusing on?

@RogerRoving 20 күн бұрын

I doubt that you can buy any effective influence with a British prime minister for £20,000. Relax Richard.

@gj55223 20 күн бұрын

How about the £8.5m received by the Labour Party from just three individuals? How much influence will they have? Mr Murphy is only making a point, and an extremely valid one.

@chetmanley1885 20 күн бұрын

British politicians are surprisingly cheap