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Honestly, I don't think politicians should be able to accept these kinds of gifts at all. The Tories are almost certainly worse and it is unfair that Labour is held to a higher standard in this regard, but at the same time I don't think that excuses Starmer accepting more gifts than any Labour leader since 1997.
Especially when New New Labour's whole pitch was competence and honesty. Hard to slang the Tories off for their obvious corruption when Starmer accepts every gift he's offered.
Lol, why? He got the job, that's all he was after. He never even attempted to hide the fact that he is just another maintainer of the status quo.