Gary Neville, the Sky Sports pundit and former Manchester United footballer, can’t help himself when it comes to tedious political rants. His latest comes in the form of a one-eyed defence of the Prime Minister’s right to accept freebies, including tickets to Premier League matches. Neville, a prominent Labour supporter, believes Sir Keir Starmer has ‘not done anything wrong’ by accepting thousands of pounds worth of football freebies, and that watching Arsenal with his family was ‘his only release’.

‘Given the absolute corruption of the past eight years… it’s absolutely incredible people are angry about @Keir_Starmer getting free @Arsenal tickets’@GNev2 responds to the...