Politicians On The Make

Hymie | 16:39 Thu 12th Oct 2023 | Society & Culture

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The ethics code of my employer forbids all employees from accepting gifts (above a nominal value) from clients – since this could result in the client in question expecting preferential treatment, or some other consideration that would not be afforded to others. In a worse-case scenario the gift could be considered as a bribe, if something was expected in return.

If a client of my employer paid £4,500 for a holiday for me and my family – I would be dismissed for gross misconduct.

Yet Kier Starmer has accepted such a gift from LCV Group (a Welsh-based vehicle leasing company) despite his latest published tax return showing an income of more than £210,000.

Quite why someone with such an income needs someone else to pay for their family vacation is a mystery – as is what a vehicle leasing company is expecting in return.

(source of above Starmer gift in current Private Eye)

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Atheist

"Yet Kier Starmer has accepted such a gift from LCV Group (a Welsh-based vehicle leasing company) despite his latest published tax return showing an income of more than £210,000."

Hymie. Is there a source for this?

mushroom25

it's on here -

https://members.parliament.uk/member/4514/registeredinterests

naomi24

So what? Does he need to 'need' it?

Hymie

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Although my OP above is of some interest, I posted this thread because last night I posted a thread stating that a Labour government planned to open two inquiries into Tory corruption (the Covid pandemic and the HS2 debacle) – pointing out what a vote winner the proposal was.

My post critical of the Tory government was deleted almost immediately; let’s see how long this thread critical of Starmer/Labour remains before being similarly deleted.