Labour Can’t Control The Narrative On Gift Gate

[@effinjamieTT]

Why the fuck isn’t anyone pulling Wes Streeting about the 100’s of thousands he’s received from private medical insurers?????

[@Simonsimon-fy3hq]

I suspect one/some of the Sunday papers are preparing a dossier on the whole sordid mess, not just with Streeting, and it will be released at an opportune (for the media) moment when it will do most harm.

[@juliewake4585]

Agreed. It seems to have shot straight through as far as the press is concerned. Why are they not interested?

[@fenrisgrins]

Wes Streeting really grinds my gears

[@JamesCandy-d3o]

'If we didn't get it from businesses, we'd have no choice but to take it from you!' Why do you need us, or anyone else, to subsidise your lifestyle at all?

[@lh7180]

@@JamesCandy-d3o exactly!

[@keithtt7798]

So out of touch! For most people spending £5k on anything would be a massively significant spend and the majority would have to get a loan or put it on HP. These people told us they'd be different from the Conservatives., sadly just the same bunch of self serving chancers.

[@drummingtildeath]

The tories were literally breaking the law repeatedly, Jenrick was taking bribes, Johnson was meeting Russians off record. It was a cess pit of illegal behaviour. But yeah Labour are just the same because they have perfectly legal donations. Sure.

[@smcmorran100]

I'm appalled that Labour ministers are accepting gifts from wealthy donors. Of course for the right price I could change my mind.

[@runlarryrun77]

I have Oasis tix...

[@smcmorran100]

@@runlarryrun77 I now see the matter in a different light

[@runlarryrun77]

@@smcmorran100 🤣🤣🤣

[@aclark903]

I need to know: what do I get from Starmer if I give him 50p? 😅

[@TheMid1900]

They're bribes, call them what they are not gifts or donations..

[@satyasyasatyasya5746]

*I'm sorry but Wes gives me the heebyjeebies* - there's something not quite right about him. I think its the eyes. A bit creepy somehow.

[@sheilahunter9426]

🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

[@rainbowevil]

I find his lack of any morality the most disturbing.

[@chasingthesun-bi6cx]

Yeah that's probably what they see in his eyes.

[@inmate1614]

He's got the latest powered by Saville firmware you mean?

[@satyasyasatyasya5746]

@@inmate1614 PDF File? Nah, I'm thinking he's a... "social path" or maybe a "sigh coup path"

[@pimmers-q3n]

Streeting looked he was on drugs - his eyes were bulging out his head

[@joeavreg2254]

That's what his gifts are, in with the private doctors then I am sure they are free with the prescriptions.

[@clivet3252]

Poppers

[@M2Mil7er]

tripping on power.

[@GuyFranklin-gi7un]

I do not think he is human like Rachel Thieves

[@Catmadjen---1974]

A rabbit in the headlights

[@shakeshaftthomas]

This is all so gross.

[@jamesandrade1668]

Wes Streeting £175,000 from private healthcare companies.

[@Barralet58]

Wes Streeting is in the wrong party.

[@mattpearse2707]

They’re all in the wrong party I fear..

[@rainbowevil]

He seems to fit right in with the current leadership.

[@inspectortanzi]

He's on the wrong planet, if you ask me.

[@JB_inks]

There's a LOT of anger in Streeting, and I'm not just talking about it being directed towards pet shops

[@clivet3252]

Sadly not. This is the Labour Party now.

[@richardhoward7503]

Wes Streeting comes across as a Wide Boy.

[@jukeboxgeneral7105]

Laws should be passed for politicians. They only receive a salary, no expenses, no propt up bar, no heating covered, no "gifts" or "donations" from private donors.

[@tumblebone]

Tom Baldwin uses the phrase 'gift in kind'. That means you get something back for the gift! Bribery!

[@charlesfryer8154]

There's plenty of frustration in Liverpool believe me,

[@lewa3910]

wes streeting is everything wrong with current labour party

[@christopher-ke9nj]

Never, it's a bribe

[@nicholasford67]

Streeting's face 😂😂😂

[@bulldog1066jpd]

If these gifts were being raffled off and the money donated to charity or other worthy causes that's one thing, but what gets most peoples goat is the fact that most of the labour party hierarchy are either millionaires in living in extremely wealthy households. Once again another political party is in power that is OUT OF TOUCH with the ordinary man in the street.

[@keithtt7798]

Well put! Gifts should be entered into charity raffles.

[@Fabbydabby1]

Is the winter fuel allowance not a freebie gifted to everyone of a certain age.

[@bulldog1066jpd]

@@Fabbydabby1 yes but only to people that's reached pensionable age. There's no reason it can't be means tested, but to just remove it across the board is just mean.

[@paulsmith2855]

Wes is a joke and defending what Starver has taken but makes me smile. Pleased I voted Green. Labour digging a big hole and defending it is making it worse,, so laughable. Starver wont be the Labour leader come the next GE.

[@Fabbydabby1]

Nobody is going to remember this in 6 months never mind over 4 years from now. Everyone likes a freebie Everyone has received a freebie at some point in their life

[@witwicky5565]

Starver? Yawn

[@ebbonfly]

@@Fabbydabby1 Well Im 72 and never received a single freebie maybe because I worked for myself and not the public sector and I won't forget the hypocrisy of the Labour freeloaders ever.

[@IshtarNike]

​@@ebbonflyI've worked in multiple public sector jobs. No one gets freebies. The rules are extremely strict. Conveniently though, they do not apply to MPs.

[@ParcBlondel]

They ARE taking freebies off the taxpayer. What are "expenses?"

[@Fabbydabby1]

Is the winter fuel allowance not a freebie paid for by all tax payers & given to all people of a certain age

[@ParcBlondel]

@@Fabbydabby1 You mean a freebie like education? A freebie like child allowance and child benefit? A freebie like vaccinations for children and adults? There are lots of "freegbie's for people in certain groups, but the pensioners ones have all been paid for throughout their working lives, so NOT free. These are all things (the ones I have listed) that SHOULD be free to children, adults and pensioners. But the MPs are looking for freebies - holidays, clothes, sports events, pop concerts, that have precisely nothing to do with their job, nothing that they have contributed towards during their working lives. You're muddled mate, sort yourself out.

[@yorygibson-rc1lw]

​@@Fabbydabby1 No that's why they payed there tax for 50 55 year's for

[@ThatGuyThanus]

Labour has gone!

[@riversguy92]

They’d gone long before the general election

[@aclark903]

Labour until Kinnock. New Labour under Blair and Brown. Now New Grift under Kier & Reeves.

[@85jacob85]

Wes Streeting is such a wolly. That's just nonsense.

[@JB_inks]

Wally

[@GlynRyles]

They do it to themselves so have nobody else to blame. Don't accept gifts or donations and then nobody asks what is going to be wanted in return.

[@markbedwell3100]

That’s not even what it’s about, it’s hypocrisy of how they’ve. This situation is exactly what Orwell was talking about in animal farm.

[@mickduffy6903]

most people have to buy their own clothes to go to work in

[@goitcore]

It's not a conflict of interest because I declared it, so if I do make a decision in their favour it's just a coincidence.

[@janeday9148]

O dear Streeting, it's a worry that he cannot grasp the issues, it looks as if he hasn't got the intellectual capacity to do so

[@JustAUsername-i5l]

Streeting's whole vibe is dark AF

[@itsirrelephantman]

People don't give away money for nothing.

[@juliewake4585]

You don’t think they’re doing this out of the goodness of their heart then? Oh you cynic! 😂

[@Ludus57]

Bernie Eccleston? What about the £4million from the Cayman Islands -based hedge fund before this year's general election?

[@fuckbankers]

The poor are subsidising the rich.

[@fashionbemeUK]

Bribes is the Right Word, Needs To Be Called Out 😮

[@josephinepalfreyman6665]

Dale Vance of Ecotricity was on I believe talk radio and said that he had donated 1 Million to the labour Party, I would love to know how much he received in subsidies , and how much Ed Milliband will give him from now on.

[@clivet3252]

Dale Vince is a prat

[@chocksaway100]

Dale Vince has a smug off hand air of indifference when interviewed . He is easily persuaded and flattered when labour knocks his door with their begging bowl in hand.

[@Hindsighht]

"a noble pursuit" 😂😂😂😂 What a fucking line!

[@Zoro007]

Wes Streeting looks demented.....a bit like Jack Nicholson in The Shining...... creepy looking fella...👍👍👍👍👍

[@susansimpson6049]

They will just carry on ignoring the obvious and continue like we have no say whatsoever with their corrupt behaviour! This is what we've got for 5 years so there's no hope! 😢😢

[@Fabbydabby1]

Everyone likes a freebie Is the winter fuel allowance not a freebie as it’s gifted to everyone over a certain age

[@Catmadjen---1974]

They won't last

[@pastlesandfish]

Starmer also announced he wants the long term sick to go back to work "where they can." My mum worked all her days and now survives on benefits due to chronic illnesses. To hell with Starmer and Labour. You know what Tories are. It's the high and mighty attitude Labour have towards accepting gifts and cutting the WFP that really grinds my cheese. If this were the Tories doing all this, Labour would be screaming about it day and night. The double standards stinks to high heaven.

[@Susan-s3d]

Respect? They've shown nowt but contempt since they took office!

[@thealternativeview2692]

When is Labour going to get on with the future? Constantly banging on about the Tories did this and Tories did that to justify their own behavior - the Tories are long gone now. Focus on yourselves. It's playground stuff. Well, they did it so why can't we. Pathetic.

[@Michael-yq2ut]

Total hypocrisy

[@XYZ-qu4yq]

It’s not noble. It’s corrupt!

[@M2Mil7er]

A Party always reflects the wishes of their donors. That's why the most ethical model is small contributions from ordinary people.

[@jamesclarke5331]

Oh how far the Labour party have fallen.

[@annandune]

I try to take on the arguments rather than criticising or insulting the person making the argument but Wes Streeting makes this really difficult.

[@annandune]

And the second interviewee references the PPE scandal, but Labour were absolutely crap at following up on this. Starmer was more interested in Boris Johnson having parties at number 10 than he was in the amount of money he was spaffing to his mates on PPE contracts.

[@clivet3252]

​@@annandune because he knew he would do the same and people could be wound up by Partygate

[@clivet3252]

​@@annandunehe also references someone only being a millionaire because he has a house in London and yet Labour are claiming loads of pensioners are millionaires based on that!

[@b00ts4ndc4ts]

They all promise change but only deliver no change.

[@DugoKuneho]

Beyond contempt 🤬

[@lymskiUK]

How much prang had streeting hoovered up?!

[@b00ts4ndc4ts]

Charged up like scarface.

[@shanesloth4419]

Quadrature wanting to give money to climat policies and ignoring the Greens tells you all you need to know about their actual position on climate action.

[@kb7175]

Starmer hand picked his audience, that is not a true reflection of the feeling people on the street! If Princess Catherine can wear things from Zara and M&S why isn’t that good enough for Starmers wife!

[@Ghengiskhansmum]

I think Zara and m&s is just for the public royal love vote and the gullible idiots that believe it.

[@susansimpson6049]

Starmer is rich enough to buy his wife's designer gear imself he's a bloody multi millionaire!..its just pure self entitlement and greed meanwhile they tell us menials what we are allowed to have and the pensioners get shafted!

[@paulcross111]

Festering hypocrisy !

[@jordizee]

Labour lost the poor years ago.

[@damranga7799]

Almost delightful seeing these labour right supporters defend and squirm. James O'brien is the best at it

[@MartinRobertFletcher]

When party's are funded by wealthy folks weve lost our democracy. Campaign on membership fees only.

[@JamesFindley-jp6qf]

Some are likely donating because Wes Streeting has promised to gift wrap and hand over the NHS to the donors on a silver platter. Quid Pro Quo!

[@JonfitzFitzjohn-k6s]

Starmer has Sold his Soul

[@EileenHall-j9f]

Wes Streeting, Silly man, what does he think he sounds like.

[@klemmr3233]

Hedge funds make money from information. They're paying for a friendly word on a timely basis.

[@davidorr484]

They have only been in for a couple of months and already we get this - what looks like sleaze. If donors give money what do they expect in return?

[@mikedelacruz9531]

These people are employed by us, so with that in mind , donated money and gifts are unearned income, which is taxable. like if you are employed and you have a company car or something like that its taxable. and donations to any party should also be taxable. that would this idea, the more any one gives money to a party could buy their way into a place in the government of some sorts

[@healy-rw9tk]

A charity, what joker

[@BrianFace182]

Wes Streeting has psychopath eyes

[@ImstillNotFooled]

Just trying to deflect from sausagegate

[@mikeyevans60]

Are these donations classed as 'Benefits in Kind' and taxed?🤔

[@krob2327]

Look it’s not about judging appearances but why are wes streetings eyes on storks. It’s not normal

[@jamesandrade1668]

One of the best comments I’ve heard is that it has come to something when the Labour Party In Liverpool - a city which is Labour to the core - is frightened to meet the ordinary people outside in the streets. I think they have the organisational attitude of a soulless gang. This fits with Streeting’s bulging eyes. He’s thinking of the power he now has and he’s loving it. He’ll line his pockets to be sure.

[@M2Mil7er]

Lab was the richest party in the UK under the former leader (can't say his name because I want my comment to stay up).

[@thetragicyouth]

Hey, Novara - Skwawkbox has obtained a draft of Starmer's conference speech: he was supposed to announce a ban on MPs having second jobs, but there's a line through that sentence and the word 'Deleted' scrawled beside it.

[@thegamers9133]

Sleazy sausages.

[@normankyle7831]

Did two tier disclose his sausages.

[@Fellowtraveller2]

There is something wrong with Mr Streeting…but I can’t quite put my finger on it. Perhaps a creation of Elon Musk’s android manufacturing.

[@markmac9515]

Same as the supposed 'black hole' in the finances.......about 2% of the annual budget.

[@fylbike]

The thing that gets forgotten here is that to the average person, these amounts of money are large, same with this £22bn black hole. It's small compared to GDP, but people think it's a HUGE amount

[@ebbonfly]

They will not even show proof of the black hole maybe its in Wes Streeting's head.

[@apflewis]

"... the alternative is to have tax payers ..." No, you could set the party membership to a level that funds it's political activities.

[@Tiz147]

Some animals are more equal than others, and you can be pretty certain that whatever buzz word is in the Labour script that every MP questioned parrots, 'transparency' in this case, is opposite from the truth.

[@mattycorbin6646]

Rather harried? He's a coke head

[@LeornianCyng]

We should hold a national televised charity night like Sports Relief to raise money for these rich government ministers. Have videos like “just a £5 donation would go towards buying this rich minister an Amarni suit or luxury holiday to the Maldives” 🙄 🎻

[@Badgerbeard]

The real story is the £4m donation to the Labour Party by a hedge fund which was opaque before the General Election. I didn't see the hedge funds manifesto before the election but evidently it included private health, weapons manufacture, and hydro carbons. Great work Ethan Shone.

[@ParcBlondel]

Does that mean we have to buy their clothes and supply luxury penthouses?

[@juliewake4585]

No but I’m pretty sure they can afford their own clothes and I’m just wondering whether they need luxury penthouses to stay in. Some politicians wouldn’t need that.

[@RainmakeR7454]

Noble bribe

[@eddieharris6004]

British democracy....the best that money can buy! 😉

[@whowherewhatwhywen]

Our freebies are more ethical than their freebies?

[@davetooke3402]

Just a short term investment - based on the fact that they knew the Tories were toast. 5 years of the media hammering this government (especially with the self-destruction they seem intent on) and they will be back to funding the Tories. In the meantime they will just look to Starmer and hope for short term returns on investment - continuing to avoid tax would be top of the agenda I guess and that would be a big win.

[@DavidHill-dz4bt]

All donations should be logged and publicised at least 24 hours BEFORE they are committed. They should be published in REAL-TIME, clearly, to prevent corruption which this appears to be.

[@inmate1614]

Giving people free tickets and fashionista vouchers aka bribes is noble? He genuinely looks insane whilst saying it as well.

[@NarcissismUnveiled]

Labour sounds more tories everyday

[@leighvaughton2740]

All the control starmer has over the party - and he's let this obvious own goal happen on his watch. He's really not good at politics is he.

[@TonyMidyett]

Workers MUST own and control the means of production.

[@nonenone-vt8cg]

Not Gift Gate but Grift Gate

[@robertfurner1729]

am sure Stella McCartney could run up a frock or two?

[@notadoctora7956]

Thanx

[@kingchamed]

Wes knows he is finished next GE. He is trying to future proof his future career for his donors

[@stephenainsworth7056]

I do not care what Starmers wife wears, I did not vote her to lead the country! She has nothing to do with running the country!

[@ironmikeUK]

It’s funny - Labour get in power and I start agreeing with you lot on Novara Media! Wes Streeting’s take on it…I mean…they really must think we’re completely bloody stupid!!!

[@chasingthesun-bi6cx]

What will those donations buy the doners in the futures.

[@ObiWanCannabi]

what about the insider trading... and second or third jobs.. charities are just tax write offs amongst friends nowdays..

[@inverlane1939]

‘out of touch or deluded’

[@gordonaliasme1104]

Heath Ĺedger Joker

[@craigtildesley1501]

I know journalists at Novaro understand that taxes don't pay for government spending and they will also understand that using the language of the 'taxpayer' all the time plays into the hands of the neoliberals. It is government money, not taxpayers money

[@davidfaulkner7805]

Breakfast club for primary school kids

[@mctea2033]

Naaaah, they don't need to worry about taxes being registered abroad, they're after subsidies to finance their Research & Development to maximise their profits at the expense of the taxpayer 🤔

[@Iazzaboyce]

This is today's Labour Party in a nutshell (in relation to paying for your own clothes): _He's a millionaire because he owns a house in London - I don't think they're rolling in money"_ The Starmers are reputed to have a *weekly* income of at least £11k and they are taking money from pensioners struggling to exist on £11k per year. Completely out of touch with ordinary people...

[@WakeupAndsmelltherosemarys]

So let’s ask poor people to volunteer . Disgusting