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[choux]

Breaking story about Starmer being investigated by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards over potential breaches of rules on earnings and gifts.

[naomi24]

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/06/13/keir-starmer-investigated-mps-conduct-rules/

[Atheist]

It seem to me that the Tories are rattled and have decided to go for Starmer any way they can. That's politics.

[choux]

naomi, thank you for a link.

[Canary42]

The smearing ramps up - no surprises there. Not that I mind, perhaps Labour can get a better leader as a result.

[naomi24]

Can't see that anyone has 'shopped' him, atheist.

//A Labour source told the PA news agency that the investigation centres on a number of slightly late declarations//

[choux]

I briefly saw today that a new poll says people still prefer Johnson to be PM rather than Starmer.

Politics is not for the weak or faint-hearted.

[FatticusInch]

Happens all the time.
https://amp.theguardian.com/politics/2018/dec/06/boris-johnson-told-to-apologise-for-failing-to-declare-income-in-time

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-47854338.amp

Let’s wait and see what they find shall we?
That’s what Johnson kept saying about the Gray report.

[choux]

Quite so, Fatticus. This is a post in the interest of balance ;)

[Atheist]

Naomi; I'm sure that there is dirt being passed around and pressure applied all the time. The Spads are professional bruisers.

[FatticusInch]

I agree choux, just helping everyone get perspective before they start foaming.

[naomi24]

Atheist, What are 'Spads'?

I don't think his lapse was deliberate - even he can't be that stupid - although perhaps his accountant is. I doubt it will come to anything.

[THECORBYLOON]

They are Special Advisers

https://www.civilservant.org.uk/spads-homepage.html

[Canary42]

Special Political Advisors

[naomi24]

Thanks Corby.

[Canary42]

Ironically, SPAD is rail-speak for Signal Passed At Danger.

[Peter Pedant]

SPAD is rail-speak for Signal Passed At Danger.

hmm - if you spad, you get speyed

[FatticusInch]

From Sky News.



Blimey, if that’s the case I guess there are some who have still got questions to answer?

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/boris-johnson-faces-questions-over-20142361.amp

Storm in a teacup.

[choux]

Dated 2019?

[FatticusInch]

choux
//Dated 2019?//

Exactly. If they’re looking at events that happened before Starmer even joined the HoC one wonders how far back they need to investigate?
My previous post inexplicably omitted the copy and paste I’d inserted, this:

The register of interests for Sir
Keir includes two copyright
payments for books written
before his election to parliament
as well as an £18.450 advance
from publisher HarperCollins for
a book he is writing.

Hope that clears it up.

[Zacs-Master]

Why don’t you do his Tarot cards and see what Starmer’s immediate future is, Pante