‘Don’t do it again’: Miliband condemns £30,000 Labour breakfast with minister

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/oct/04/dont-do-it-again-miliband-tells-labour-over-30000-breakfast-with-minister

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10 Comments

  1. Why is a short paragraph at the end of an article the first I’m hearing about the government actually working on new guidelines around this stuff? You’d think that someone would have written a headline about it since it’s been such a huge issue lately

  2. pubemaster_uno on

    “I didn’t go through that bacon butty ordeal for nothing. Stick to the party line.”

  3. corbynista2029 on

    In the original report:

    >In a pitch prepared by the Labour Party’s commercial team and emailed yesterday, invitees to The Ivy restaurant in Manchester are promised “a rare chance to gain insights, network and exchange ideas amongst peers and a Government minister”.

    And today it’s reported that:

    >A Labour spokesperson said: “The business secretary isn’t involved in this, was completely unaware, and isn’t attending.”

    What the actual fuck is going on in Labour HQ? The commercial team wants to set up meetings between the business secretary and executives that cost £30,000 WITHOUT TELLING THE SECRETARY???

  4. HandBananaHeartCarl on

    Could anyone tell me what they were eating that could possibly warrant a £30,000 bill? Were the croissants made of gold?

  5. peakedtooearly on

    “For £30,000 they would also get to help decide who would attend.”

    Wow. Just wow.

  6. TartanSpartan280 on

    30k for a meal………. I think they should cap the amount of money these politicians get for expenses. What kind of breakfast did they eat that cost 30 grand, if it was a full English were the eggs made of gold, was the bacon & sausage laced with real tears from the thousands of people relying on food banks? These people on both sides are as bad as each other, Sunak set the wheels in motion and Starmer will either end it or resign in disgrace but his Davos buddies will save him and he’ll still get his 100k a year for the rest of his life on top of the “gifts” he receives. That’s how they’re framing it as “gifts”, we’ll if you can receive gifts what about the British people after all it’s probably our money that’s buying these “gifts”.