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Sir Keir’s private jet hypocrisy

31 May 2024

10:06 PM

31 May 2024

10:06 PM

Oh dear. In yet another campaign blunder for Sir Keir Starmer, the Labour leader has been forced to fess up to using a private jet — just hours after taunting Rishi Sunak’s helicopter use. Rules for thee but not for me…

The lefty Labour leader flew to Scotland on a private plane to make an announcement about his ambitions to set up a publicly-owned ‘GB Energy’ company — but was curiously reluctant about revealing his mode of transport, with a Labour spokesperson eventually admitting:

Yes, we did use a private jet because we needed to get very quickly to Scotland from Wales...

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