Party frock gate continues to rumble on as Lady Vic splashes the front pages donning her designer dress and, as Guido first reported, a £1,200 jacket at a fashion week show. Remember when she used to the be the ‘Cut Out Woman’?
One co-conspirator in the high-end British fashion scene tells Guido that Mrs. Sunak had been a customer on several occasions when Rishi was Prime Minister. Despite the industry’s usual schmoozing, she “never once” accepted a gift or discount—always paying full whack. It’s no coincidence either; it was under “strict instructions” to avoid any freebies or favours. So much for Starmer being ‘Mr. Integrity’…
The Lib Dem conference has been quite the circus, with Davey prancing about playing volleyball, zipping around on jet skis, and the party members falling over themselves to pat each other on the back. Today, a Lib Dem councillor toasted the supposed “success” of South Cambridge council’s four-day week. A scheme that hardly warrants a celebration…
Lib Dem Councillor Bridget Smith, who ignored the Tory government’s calls to scrap the scheme, declared today that the four-day week had been a roaring victory. The scheme was initially touted to save £1 million on agency staff. Then that figure quietly shrank to £434,000, before being revised again to a measly £370,000 – clearly moving the goalposts to make this bungled plan seem like anything but a disaster. If this is their idea of success, one dreads to think what failure looks like…
Guido is old enough to remember Starmer having a field day over the Boris fake and invented “cash for curtains” saga. He was well versed on the parliamentary rules on declaring gifts from donors, lecturing the Prime Minister on the “very clear” rules:
“The prime minister will be aware that he’s required to declare any benefits that relate to his political activities, including loans or credit arrangements, within 28 days. He will also know any donation will be recorded in the minister’s interest, and under law, any donation of over £500 for a political party must be registered and declared.”
Meanwhile, Downing Street is keeping tight-lipped on whether Lord Alli—Labour donor caught up in the ‘party frock gate’ scandal and a previous recipient of a Downing Street pass—has been inside Number 10 for meetings, as some allege, as recently as last week. Do as I say, not as I do…
Victoria Starmer appears unbothered by the ongoing party frock scandal as she makes her debut at a London Fashion Week show today, gracing the front row of the Edeline Lee runway. Outside Millbank Tower, she was spotted wearing a £1,200 jacket, along with a custom-made polka dot dress, presumably from the same pricey brand. Who covered the cost of this ensemble?
Interesting timing…
Disgraced BBC presenter Huw Edwards has been sentenced to six months imprisonment suspended for two years with a requirement to complete a sex offender programme. As the chief magistrate told Huw, his “reputation is now in tatters”…
The court was told today that Edwards paid between £1,000 and £1,500 to a convicted paedophile, Alex Williams, for images of child sex abuse. On one occasion, Edwards replied “f***” to an indecent video of an underage child, before wishing the paedophile a Happy Christmas. Meanwhile, Edwards’ defence claimed he was “mentally vulnerable” and has “no memory of viewing any of the images”. Not a good look for the BBC…
The Conservatives have written to the Standards Commissioner, calling for a full investigation into Keir Starmer’s failure to disclose donations from Lord Waheed Alli. This comes after it emerged Starmer failed to declare the fact Alli footed the £5,000 bill for Starmer’s wife, Lady Vic, to indulge in a personal shopper and have her dresses and clothes altered. Potentially a serious breach of parliamentary rules…
Starmer, who previously reminded the Tories in 2021 of the need to declare donations within 28 days, now stands accused of not practicing what he preached. So much for his claims of governing with integrity, honesty, and promising to “clean up” politics…
Read the letter, written by a Conservative MP below: Continue reading “Tories Write to Standards Commissioner Over Party Frock Gate”
Former leader of the SNP in Westminster Ian Blackford told Times Radio why he believes Nicola Sturgeon’s claim that she spent no time in the kitchen and therefore didn’t see any of her husband’s purchases:
“She doesn’t have a passion for cooking.”
