Labour minister defends Starmer over donor row: ‘He’s an Arsenal fan’

Labour MP, Dame Angela Eagle, defended Starmer over the donor row: 'He's an Arsenal fan'.Source: Sky News

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00:00Okay, Daily Mail today suggesting Sakhir has accepted at least £76,000 of freebies, including

00:06the Royal Box at Wimbledon, hospitality at a Coldplay concert, Arsenal away games with

00:12the Foreign Secretary in tow. The list goes on. How does that align with the son of a

00:17toolmaker, man of a people image?

00:20Well, I think he's an Arsenal fan. I mean, it takes all sorts, I suppose.

00:25But we only know about this because these things have been registered as appropriate.

00:33And I think the Prime Minister had his say on that yesterday when he was in Italy. I'm

00:38here in Berlin. We're trying to deal with things.

00:40Yeah, we'll come to that. As I said, Dame Andrew, if you don't mind, I just want to

00:43clarify this to start with, if I may, he's taken £76,000 worth of freebies. He's going

00:49to great lengths to point out to us that he's a man of the people, and he's taking £300

00:54off pensioners and taking £76,000 worth of freebies.