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Keir Starmer defends stay at Lord Alli's property during election (www.bbc.co.uk)

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Sir Keir Starmer has defended accepting accommodation from Labour donor Lord Waheed Alli during the general election, saying it was important his son had a peaceful place to study.

The prime minister told the BBC he had promised his 16-year-old son that he would be able to get to school and do his exams without being disturbed.

He declared Lord Alli had donated several weeks' accommodation, which is recorded as being worth more than £20,000, in the register of MPs' interests.

Sir Keir told BBC Radio 5 Live: "I had promised him faithfully that I would give him an environment in which he could calmly get on, his one chance to do his GCSEs, and therefore we relocated somewhere else - a gift which we then allocated a sum of money to."

I mean.... if you've got friends in high places then why wouldn't you gift £20k (pretty close to a year's salary for some) so that their son can revise? What's wrong with the library? Or their school?

How many winter fuel allowances would that cover? 😂

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[–] DrCake@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

What's wrong with the library? Or their school?

I get the point but wasn’t this them staying at the property for a while, not just a place to revise? Can’t expect the kid to sleep over at school.

It is just very stupid politically from Starmer, he had to have known it would be found out and compared to the Tories. Surly he has the money to put him up in an Airbnb or something instead.