Comments by "Greg Greg" (@SlowhandGreg) on "Labour freebie scandal is an 'absolute salad of rollocks', says James O'Brien | LBC" video.

Your statement is completely untrue about the last Parliament Johnson received £36,000 for wallpaper in one donation alone, his list of freebies is a mile long. You scratch under the surface and your talking here around £20,000 per annum which is chicken feed to most Tories who were being given second jobs to lobby for various things.
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@hammertic The level of freebies is around £20,000 a year on the Labour side not enough to buy anyone off on the other hand Farage is getting over 1 million a year from an offshore billionaire, Jenrick has received foreign dark money donations recently.
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This isn't a new story it's fake outrage by the media, if you don't want them accepting hospitality then write to your MP to change the rules. I'd rather it be declared and above board rather than under the table
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@craiga657 what are MP'S supposed to do to with regard to talking to industry leaders not engage in corporate hob nabbing Also for the likes of Starmer he's a publicity known figure he's not going to holiday at Butlins And 20k in freebies buys what exactly a mere few hours for various interests to put thier points over. The problem is fake 2nd jobs not some tickets to a corporate box or free use of a holiday apartment and why now this has been par for the course for like forever
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@The_Phoenix_Saga They all accept freebies this isn't a Labour thing and Starmer's 24k averaged a year isn't particularly noteworthy given he is leader of the opposition and would be wined and dined by various groups. You could try ban it then transparency goes as it goes under the table and The biggest transgressors were the likes of Farage and Boris, Nige gets over 1 million a year from an offshore billionaire and Boris was hand out central he didn't pay for anything
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this is an article from 2023 Aug More than 100 MPs have enjoyed free hospitality to concerts and sporting events worth more than £180,000 this summer, with tickets given away by banks, oil companies, the gambling industry and media firms. The chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, the deputy prime minister, Oliver Dowden, and the Labour leader, Keir Starmer, are among those who have benefited from a growing trend for politicians accepting giveaways. If we want to change the system then we need to lobby for it and They all accept freebies this isn't a Labour thing and Starmer's 24k averaged a year isn't particularly noteworthy given he is leader of the opposition and would be wined and dined by various groups. You could try ban it then transparency goes as it goes under the table also The biggest transgressors were the likes of Farage and Boris, Nige gets over 1 million a year from an offshore billionaire and Boris was hand out central he didn't pay for anything.
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The point is the indignation by the client media, all MP's accept freebies, the level that Labour MP's have done it is no different to Tories. and The worst sort of bribery is things like Farage getting over 1 million a year from an offshore billionaire
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