British Labor Party’s ‘Wardrobegate’ Is Spinning Out of Control, as Party Leaders Found To Be Taking Gifts of Expensive Clothes

Popularity of the new prime minister plummets 45 points since July, with barely a quarter of voters approving of the job he is doing.

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Labour Party leader Keir Starmer and wife Victoria arrive at a polling station to cast their vote in London, Thursday, July 4, 2024. AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda

Next to this, Boris Johnson’s Downing Street wine and cheese hours during the lockdown era seem like small beans. Accounts of Sir Keir Starmer and some of his Labor Party cohorts scooping up pricey freebies, initially dubbed Wardrobegate, are piling up so high that even the wolves of Fleet Street are finding it hard to keep up.

As this scandal unfolds, the perfume of Marie-Antoinette hanging in the damp English autumn air, the new prime minister’s popularity ratings are tanking. According to a new poll, Sir Keir’s approval rating has plummeted 45 points since July, with barely a quarter of voters approving of the job he is doing.

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