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Does the Mail have an anti-donkey agenda? #donkeygate

The Mail is Britain's most cynical and right-wing tabloid newspaper (beating stiff competition). Today, their Sunday edition 'exposed' that the leader of the Labour Party owned an expensive property, though they also owned themselves:


This paper has form in doing this kind of hit piece. Any left-leaning British politician not living in a cardboard box has had their face splashed across these pages with screams of 'hypocrisy!' and 'liberal elitism!' That Keir Starmer is a self-made man makes no difference and obviously Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson would never get such treatment.

Unfortunately for the Mail, they didn't do their research properly and it turns out that Starmer bought this land for his disabled mother to use a donkey sanctuary.

So on British Twitter, #donkeygate is a now thing and it has been trending:




https://twitter.com/hashtag/DonkeyGate?src=hashtag_click

The whole thread is funny.
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smiler2012 · 61-69
burnley123 he owns land worth ten million really so what big deal it is not about your personal wealth your political belief are base on your passion principles and political believes the labour party will have rich donors as the tory party certainly has they may donate to the party but what more would you expect as you say from the tory backing gutter press
Burnley123 · 41-45, M
@smiler2012
Agree with all, though Laboir had very few rich donors when Corbyn was in charge and that is a good thing.
Nyloncapes · 61-69, M
@Burnley123 think starmer is most sensible likeable leader labour have had in years and very calm and could do well
Burnley123 · 41-45, M
@Nyloncapes I have mixed feelings but I hope he becomes PM.
smiler2012 · 61-69
@smiler2012 and another thing does the mail a tory mouthpiece showing pettiness judge the man on his politics not his wealth and the hypocrisy is more on tory backing mail whose party i remember wanted a classless society
Burnley123 · 41-45, M
@smiler2012 Starmer is more of a centrist but yes, they play the man not the ball. Anything to deflect from the real issues.
Nyloncapes · 61-69, M
@Burnley123 I like that he is thorough with questions and acts like a grown up adult not jumping up screaming at opposition, and listens before he replies, but want to see him in action when this is over and tackling other things , and how he reacts
smiler2012 · 61-69
@Burnley123 yes the left wing ideals of corbyn are acceptable to some i am a bit that left wing socialist but alas it has old social ideals have no place into today modern politics it is a shame but all it becomes is ammo for the right wing tory press to use as a stick to boot in them loo i mean look how the tory right wing treated michael foot
Burnley123 · 41-45, M
@smiler2012 We did almost win in 2017 and I think we need a better figurehead than Corbyn. I don't think the centre has the answers and I think socialist ideas are more relevant now than in a long time. Certainly, more than any time in my adult life. The younger generation is turning left in unprecedented numbers.

But yes, we have had a bad defeat. I'm staying as a Labour party member and I will campaign for Starmer as long as he looks half decent.
smiler2012 · 61-69
@Burnley123 as you say we may need more leftist ideal i cannot total agree the tories and there friends in the gutter press used against corbyn
suggesting he was a communist wanting to give up the trident nuclear deterrent and alas like the american people with trump and swallowed this character assassination of corbyn and deserted the labour party in droves at the last election i again cannot agree it was a bloody election disaster in the size of the defeat and parlimentary seat lost to the tories and has condemned us to four more years the blonde bombsite and his croonies all we can hope under starmer we can use blairs labour party song things can only get better