Co-conspirators may remember some of the things Labour figures have had to say about ministerial jet use in the not-so-distant past:
Reeves even made a big thing of pledging to crack down on ministers flying private. She might want to have a word with her Downing Street neighbour…
In his first three months in office Starmer took nine flights at a total duration of 62 hours and 32 minutes. He went on to take many more as co-conspirators will know…
The total cost of that travel as totted up by the Civil Service is a huge £697,198. That means that the UK taxpayer has forked out £186 for every minute that Starmer spent in the air from July to September. Per hour that’s £11,160. The PM is only beaten by his Foreign Secretary on private jet spending over that period. Labour will argue you have to fly if you’re in office – something they didn’t afford the Tories when they were in opposition…
Starmer insisted his chances of leading the country are not diminishing. He told reporters during his visit to McLaren:
“No, no, no. I’m very happy to be out and about this morning, not talking about the internal politics of the Labour party, but talking about young people.”