Publican Adam Brooks launched a blistering rant on GB News after it was revealed Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has received substantially more freebies than any other MP since becoming Labour leader.
Starmer received two-and-a-half times more gifts and hospitality than the next MP, according to Sky News.
Speaking to Patrick Christys, Brooks was left seething after it was said that since December 2019, Starmer received £107,145 in gifts, benefits and hospitality.
“At the weekend, I took a microphone and a camera to a high street and spoke to pensioners”, he said.
Adam Brooks hit out at Keir Starmer on GB News
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“Some voted for Labour, some didn’t. But the anger out there is so high. They cannot believe what this Government is doing.
“The optics are terrible. They are living the high life. Keir Starmer has had more freebies than any other MP over the last five years.
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“After what he said in interview and in Parliament, this is the biggest hypocrite in politics. It’s such a bad look, and they are so out of touch with the normal people in this country.
“I would have thought that they would have given it a year before acting like this, but it’s after weeks. They have got no shame.”
Broadcaster Judita Da Silva defended Starmer’s actions, saying the prime minister is simply “playing the system” that’s available to him.
But she admitted that she has “tried so many ways to put my mind in yoga positions to rationalise how he would think this would work with him, and I can’t come up with a reason”.
Da Silva added: “I would say that this is what happens where there is more full disclosure, I think if all leaders before him truly fully disclosed their gifting indulgences, they would probably be clocking up the same amount of money as Keir Starmer.”
The Premier League is one of the biggest hospitality donors, and Starmer, an Arsenal support, has received almost £40,000 in tickets overall since December 2019.
Sir Keir defended his right to continue to take football freebies earlier this week, saying: “If I don’t accept a gift of hospitality, I can’t go to a game.”
“Never going to an Arsenal game again because I can’t accept hospitality is pushing it a bit far,” he added.
