Am I alone in finding this so tawdry?

but his image is already besmirched.. bit late really

^ it is really hard to imagine why the Prime Minister found it necessary to allow a situation like this to arise^

Love of money I presume.

Especially when he has spoken out several times about lack of clarity, transparency etc of other people in his “big, tough” voice!

Mind you he also said Labour would look after pensioners and the first thing he did was stop the WFA.

He says one thing but does the other.

They've only announced that because of all the bad publicity that's surrounding his freebies. They would have carried on grabbing and taking if it hadn't come to light. Wouldn't surprise me now if new policies are put in place to enable them to get back on the gravy train.

But the headline doesn’t say what donations he is prepared to accept? It’s implied that there will be donations still available…..

Do remember that he only mentioned not taking clothes, or donations for clothes. There are other things, that are far less visible that he has made no such claim not to accept.

Do you all rmember the carry on about Angela Raynors suit a few weeks ago, well it turned out that it was given to her by a store. If that suit is the type of clothes the store sells then I will definitely be avoiding it.

I expected a lot of this man and his government - I now feel disappointed, to put it mildly.

Andrew Neale has just written a long article entitled “ I have never known a Govt that has slurped down the drain so quickly.” Worth a read. Daily Mail.

A bad mistake and badly handled but it's a distraction from the real issues facing the UK.

If the clothes cost so much that you can’t afford them on your MP+cabinet minister salary, funded by the treasury, who are funded by our taxation and NI among other things, then buy something less expensive.
His rule for WFA should hold good for MPs gifts too.
If we think your financial needs don’t warrant it, then you don't get it.

No, you are not alone LovesBach .

A distraction of their own making Grantanow.

It doesn’t surprise me. Don’t do as I do, but do as I say. Best friends with Corbin, leopards don't change their spots, the worst is yet to come.

Grantanow

A bad mistake and badly handled but it's a distraction from the real issues facing the UK.

Rich people being greedy and allowing themselves to be influenced by unelected others (the donors – no political "freebie" comes without reciprocal expectations) is not a distraction. It is definitely worthy of attention as several Labout MPs have shown by speaking out about it.

Though playing devil’s advocate, the willingness of some journalists to attack the appearance and dress sense of female politicians is part of the problem. Perhaps a taxable allowance for the top brass, to be spent on British made clothes, might be a solution? Bet Mme Macron doesn’t have this problem.

I'm so disappointed with the Labour leadership over this.
I really did expect better.

GrannySomerset

Though playing devil’s advocate, the willingness of some journalists to attack the appearance and dress sense of female politicians is part of the problem. Perhaps a taxable allowance for the top brass, to be spent on British made clothes, might be a solution? Bet Mme Macron doesn’t have this problem.

Are you suggesting that working people struggling to make ends meet should have their taxes used to give a clothing allowance to people earning more than £100,000 p.a.!! Even if they did have an allowance it would not improve their dress sense!

GrannySomerset

Though playing devil’s advocate, the willingness of some journalists to attack the appearance and dress sense of female politicians is part of the problem. Perhaps a taxable allowance for the top brass, to be spent on British made clothes, might be a solution? Bet Mme Macron doesn’t have this problem.

I always think there must be a country somewhere that has solved rather simple problems like, clothes for politicians.

Or what to do about donations.

Or funding of political parties in general.

Surely, in the year 2024, these are not impossible problems to solve.

Free hospitality box at Arsenal?

Holidays? Lord Ali’s flat ?

When so many people are struggling with just trying to do the basics like keeping a roof over their heads, paying the bills, feeding and clothing themselves our esteemed PM has been forced into agreeing not to accept further donations to buy clothes for himself and his wife.
He also has a freebie box at the Emirates. He said by accepting that he was saving the taxpayer money. How come? As this was something else he wasn't putting his hand in his pocket for, was he planning to pay for it by other dubious means.
The man's a complete joke.

I hope the unsavoury Lord Alli is investigated more closely; he has been responsible for a huge amount of money going to prominent people in the new labour Government. Despite a Guardian article sycophantically announcing how altruistic he is, his enormous donations and what he is receiving in return, ie the No.10 Pass, need very close scrutiny. Politicians may come and go but he is firmly entrenched in the House of Lords and clearly intends to be an influence.

Doing this, after all the (justified) criticisms about the Conservatives doing the same sort of thing . . .
Did he think it would be more acceptable for him or the LP to do it?