Starmer is taking on some accessorising in the run up to the election. Keen-eyed readers will have spotted he changed his glasses last week. Starmer’s team clearly decided his windows to the soul needed a redecoration…

Guido has had a look at the glasses. The party leader’s now-discarded pair of thin titanium spectacles are Danish-designed luxury Lindberg 6544s. Marketed for the “sophisticated minimalist who puts impeccable design and quality above all else“, the frames retail for around £500 – that’s not including expensive lenses. A bit out of your average voter’s price range and clearly too bourgeois…

Starmer has now swapped those out for a much more modest pair of Garrett Leight Hampton 1001s, which go for a measly £220. Compared to the austere titanium of his old pair, Sir Keir’s new brown rounded glasses are a “fusion of California cool and timeless design” which embody “effortless sophistication and contemporary flair“. Guido’s not convinced Starmer can pull off the shift from humourless pen-pusher to cool dad…

Rishi has learnt from the furore surrounding his £490 Prada driving shoes from a previous press trip and has swapped them today for a pair of Timberland AF6s.  Though they do give off a construction-worker-chic vibe, they would not be allowed on a building site because they do not meet health and safety standards due to the lack of steel toe-caps. These boots are really made for helicoptering with a more modest price tag of only £150. In the children’s sizes they can, if you shop around, be found for as little as £59…

Labour MP Kim Johnson certainly turned heads at the picket line yesterday.  Standing in solidarity with the junior doctors campaigning for a 35% pay rise, Johnson took “striking” to a new level, as she posed with a chic beige & nut brown Gucci handbag, accented with leather trim and light fine gold hardware. The perfect look for picket line posing. All for a cool £1,500 from Profile Fashion…

Guido presumes Johnson’s stumped up for the real deal. Especially given the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau warns against buying counterfeit goods as “many fraudsters use the proceeds […] to fund drug dealing or other types of organised crime.” Get the look, get it right…

GB News viewers may have noticed the on-screen talent have made a few sartorial improvements since the turn of the year, with Tom Harwood even – for the first time ever – wearing a tie to present his show each morning. Guido learns this isn’t a personal wardrobe choice, with bosses telling hosts it’s time to “smarten up” for the new year, so ties and top buttons are now mandatory. Still, it’s not all bad news for Tom et al. – yesterday Guido revealed they’ve overtaken LBC in YouTube subscribers…

Angela Rayner has finally ditched the Bet Lynch leggings and chunky Doc Martins look of old. Standing in for Sir Keir at today’s PMQs, Labour’s Deputy Leader debuted a swanky new ‘Evrely Bodycon’ dress from Ted Baker that “skims in all the right places“, and features an all-over Highgrove print that’s sure to turn heads at any occasion. Co-conspirators hoping to steal the look might have to wait a while, though: the dress is now sold out across most retailers following a 55% price cut from £179. When it’s finally back in stock, it could be yours for a mere £80.50 or 4 weeks of social credit cuts. Looks like Angie grabbed a serious bargain…

Democrat Congresswoman and professional attention seeker Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez un-ironically wore a custom-made ‘tax the rich’ dress at the $35,000-per-ticket and $200,000-per-table Met Gala ball. Isn’t that rich….

AOC attended the ball with designer Aurora James, who specialises in “luxury accessories”, and whose typical clientele includes Beyonce, Meghan Markle, Lady Gaga, and Katy Perry. With Aurora’s shoes typically costing upwards of $1,000, co-conspirators can assume that AOC was sporting a high five-figure look. In an interview the self-described socialist explained that the dress explores:

“… what it means to be working-class women of colour at the Met. We can’t just play along, but we need to break the fourth wall and challenge some of the institutions.” 

Still, the videos of AOC at the Met Ball garnered millions of views on social media for America’s doyenne politico-influencer…