DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Sir Sponger isn't cut from a different cloth By Daily Mail Comment Published: 00:30, 3 October 2024 | Updated: 00:42, 3 October 2024 e-mail View comments No one was more pious in lecturing the country over the supposed corruption, cronyism and impropriety of the last Tory government than Sir Keir Starmer . His promise that Labour would set a new benchmark in ethical government helped persuade a country heartily sick of sleaze to make him prime minister. How richly ironic then that, after less than three months in power, the chief tut-tutter and his colleagues are so mired in scandal.
Far from donning a hair shirt, Sir Keir has proved to be a sponger par excellence, gobbling up £107,000 worth of gifts and hospitality from wealthy donors. Less Mr Integrity, more Sir Freebie! No one was more pious in lecturing the country over the supposed corruption, cronyism and impropriety of the last Tory government than Sir Keir Starmer, Daily Mail comments How richly ironic then that, after less than three months in power, the chief tut-tutter and his colleagues are so mired in scandal, Daily Mail comments Labour peer Lord Alli (pictured) – who provided lavish clothes and luxury accommodation for the PM – is under investigation by the standards watchdog The PM’s defence for his uninhibited acceptance of suits, frocks for his wife, football and gig tickets is that it was within ‘the rules’. But that doesn’t make it right.
Finally, Sir Keir seems to have acce.
