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==== Freebies scandal ====
==== Freebies scandal ====
Starting on 15 September 2024, it became widely reported in the UK press that Keir Starmer had failed to declare over £5,000 worth of gifts used to buy clothes for his wife. The gifts had come from [[Waheed Alli, Baron Alli]], who had long been Starmer's biggest personal donor, and shortly after Keir Starmer became Prime Minister had been given unrestricted access to 10 Downing Street. On 18 September, it emerged that Starmer, since the 2019 United Kingdom general election, had accepted over £107,145 worth of gifts, over two-and-a-half times more than any other Member of Parliament. Such gifts included tickets to see liberal pro-[[abortion]] and pro-[[Hollywood values]] pop singer [[Taylor Swift]], as well as tickets for [[Arsenal F.C.]] matches.
Starting on 15 September 2024, it became widely reported in the UK press that Keir Starmer had failed to declare over £5,000 worth of gifts used to buy clothes for his wife. The gifts had come from [[Waheed Alli, Baron Alli]], who had long been Starmer's biggest personal donor, and shortly after Keir Starmer became Prime Minister had been given unrestricted access to 10 Downing Street. On 18 September, it emerged that Starmer, since the 2019 United Kingdom general election, had accepted over £107,145 worth of gifts, over two-and-a-half times more than any other Member of Parliament. Such gifts included tickets to see liberal pro-[[abortion]] and pro-[[Hollywood values]] pop singer [[Taylor Swift]], as well as tickets for [[Arsenal F.C.]] matches.
==== Foreign election interference ===
Less than four weeks after Keir Starmer met 45th President of the United States [[Donald Trump]] at [[Trump Tower]] in New York on 26 September 2024, it was reported on 17 November 2024 that over 100 Labour staff and volunteers had gone to the USA to campaign for Trump's 2024 United States presidential election rival, the Vice President [[Kamala Harris]]. The action, which was branded by Trump as '[[election interference]]' (see [[Democrat voter fraud]]) was widely [[condemned]]. ''[[GB News]]'' stated that it undermined Starmer and the UK government's supposedly 'neutral' stance on the election;<ref>[https://www.gbnews.com/politics/labour-kamala-harris-donald-trump Labour staffers flood US to campaign for Harris just weeks after Starmer met Trump]</ref> indeed, Starmer had engaged in anti-Trump rhetoric in the past, such as in January 2021 where he claimed to be 'pro-American but anti-Trump'.<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/keir-starmer-joe-biden-donald-trump-labour-b1788092.html Labour: Keir Starmer to declare himself ‘pro-American but anti-Trump’]</ref> [[Nigel Farage]] hit out at Labour, describing the actions as a "major political mistake" which could indelibly sour the [[Special relationship|Special Relationship]] between the UK and US.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/10/23/politics-latest-news-keir-starmer-tory-leadership-badenoch/ Farage: Labour made ‘very major political mistake’ over Trump row]</ref> The revelations came after hypocrite [[Democrats]] and [[RINOs]] within the US [[Deep State]] had spent years falsely accusing Trump's campaign of illegal collusion with Russia (see [[Trump-Russia conspiracy theory]]), with their claims being exposed by the [[Durham Report|Durham report]].
== Policy and views ==
== Policy and views ==