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Conservative MP Andrew Bowie," Keir Starmer accepted more than double the next closest MP"Andrew Bowie,"Well.. No.. Boris Johnson is no longer an MP"worth of those freebies, saying it was “right” for him to repay it while the new guidelines for accepting gifts were drawn up.Bowie, a shadow minister, claimed that Starmer had accepted a “staggering amount” of donations, “more than double the next closest MP” in a ranked list of those sitting in parliament right now.
But, host Bruce cut in on Question Time while Bowie was lambasting the PM, pointing out that Starmer has “not as much as Boris Johnson.” “No, but clearly he was leader of your party, and he accepted an awful lot of money, some of it to pay for his own wedding,” Bruce said.for receiving the biggest donation to an MP on record after a single contribution of £1m, six times the previous record.
Johnson also received a donation worth £23,853 from the JCB boss, Anthony Bamford, and his wife Carole, to pay for his wedding marquee and otherBowie said some members of the general public find it “abhorrent” that Starmer, who has been well-paid for years, took these free gifts. So Bruce hit back: “Presumably your strength of feeling about why does someone who is well paid need someone to buy clothes for them, extended to why does someone who is well paid like PM Boris Johnson need someone to buy them wallpaper?”Government Ministers Allowed To Accept Hospitality Despite Starmer Gifts Row
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