hago 14.24 GMT Starmer says he does not accept appointment of Labour donor David Kogan as football regulator amounts to cronyism Costa turns to cronyism. He says Starmer regularly criticised this when he was in opposition. Q: You admitted that you should not have been involved in the appointment of David Kogan as football regulator. What is happening to the internal inquiry that you said you were setting up in the light of this? Starmer says Kogan was originally approached for the job by the last government. He says he does not accept this was a case of cronyism. He says he was not the decision maker in this case. Kogan has been a Labour donor.

lol, well we do and your non-answer only confirms that you notoriously disingenuous man

#KeirStarmer #Starmer #Labour #Corruption #DavidKogan #UKPOL #UKPOLITICS

-> Magnus, in case you'd forgotten is the chap who let #KeirStarmerMP off after the PM self-referred himself, after it was discovered Keir gave the job of chair of the Football Association's regulator, to #DavidKogan - who coincidentally previously gave £500k+ to Starmer's 2020 leadership campaign!

£2,900: Total undisclosed donations from #DavidKogan to Nandy's 2020 campaign (two £1,450 gifts: one personal, one via his company).
-> So is this bloke gonna step down from his role?
-> Should MPs take more notice when someone gives them 1000.'s of £s?

Nandy was found guilty of breaching public appointment rules, after naming sports rights executive #DavidKogan as the government's preferred choice to run a new regulator - after Mr Kogan had donated £2,900 to her 2020 Labour leadership campaign!

David Kogan appointed chair of England's new football regulator

David Kogan has been named the inaugural chair of England's new independent football regulator, with a five-year term and a £130,000 salary for a three-day week. Read more: getnews.me/david-kogan-appointed-ch... #footballregulator #davidkogan