I'm betting the Tory press will defend MPs' having second jobs because that's mainly a Tory MP thing (and Reform of course).Agreed. Partygate is not comparable to this
These gifts though, like second jobs that MPs take, need stamping out.
I'm betting the Tory press will defend MPs' having second jobs because that's mainly a Tory MP thing (and Reform of course).Agreed. Partygate is not comparable to this
These gifts though, like second jobs that MPs take, need stamping out.
I can't believe that anybody is surprised about any of this in either party.You can see why the Tories just didn’t declare most of their donations. Their thread on here would have been 100,000 pages long with all the hand wringing in this thread!
I’m not sure it’s totally as cynical as that, but there’s no doubt they see it as a perk of the job.I can't believe that anybody is surprised about any of this in either party.
I was in London yesterday and had a few hours spare so went for a walk and ended up walking around Mayfair. The wealth on show is just unbelievable. I walked past the Cipriani and there were lines and lines of chauffered cars waiting in the street. I can imagine that at least one MP could of been in there talking to who knows who!
It's a completely different world and just walking around there you realise that nothing in the UK is built around anything except this world of finance, lawyers etc, it all just stinks.
I think the politicians see the worse part of their job as having to occasionally appease the peasant scum that vote for them.
Meanwhile, the media ask about the "optics" of donations rather than (e.g.) about the optics of getting to work without strikes.for me it's nothing to do with the gifts, I frankly don't care if someone wants to pay for Starmers new specs, or Boris' wallpaper for that matter. What I object to is the hypocrisy of both parties who are more focused on point scoring (in this case both have criticised the other for accepting gifts, but it's far from the only issue) than on actually running the country and sorting out the myriad of problems we have.
But that kid is not being bullied by the media is (s)he? That was my point. I appreciate that they could be bullied in school but it is the media that is condoning and making it worse for Starmer's children and that is what I was getting at.
Meanwhile, the media ask about the "optics" of donations rather than (e.g.) about the optics of getting to work without strikes.
I have never heard any politician talk about appeasing the peasant scum. Now, "appealing to the electorate", that's another matter.I can't believe that anybody is surprised about any of this in either party.
I was in London yesterday and had a few hours spare so went for a walk and ended up walking around Mayfair. The wealth on show is just unbelievable. I walked past the Cipriani and there were lines and lines of chauffered cars waiting in the street. I can imagine that at least one MP could of been in there talking to who knows who!
It's a completely different world and just walking around there you realise that nothing in the UK is built around anything except this world of finance, lawyers etc, it all just stinks.
I think the politicians see the worse part of their job as having to occasionally appease the peasant scum that vote for them.
Tell that to the individual kid getting bullied for being a bit posh at crackhead academy.
When you go to places like that in London you realise just how much power and influence there is and that kind of power and influence doesn't come to exist and grow by accident. There's a reason why Parliament is mostly populated by the same people who went to the same schools, same universities and worked in the same jobs.I’m not sure it’s totally as cynical as that, but there’s no doubt they see it as a perk of the job.
That's only because it's not good form to say it out loud.I have never heard any politician talk about appeasing the peasant scum. Now, "appealing to the electorate", that's another matter.