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Yvette Cooper loved free tickets to Taylor Swift gig after pushing for star to get police escort

By Editorial Board Published October 9, 2024 5 Min Read
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Yvette Cooper loved free tickets to Taylor Swift gig after pushing for star to get police escort

Ms Cooper went to one of many gigs the place the star was given additional police safety, which she is claimed to have been pushing for.

The house secretary went as a visitor of her husband, former Labour minister Ed Balls.

Mr Balls was supplied the 4 tickets on 4 August, earlier than Swift’s reveals in Vienna have been cancelled after a terror plot was foiled, and the couple attended the gig on 16 August after the safety discussions.

Ms Cooper and London Mayor Sadiq Khan spoke to the Metropolitan Police to encourage them to present the megastar a “VVIP escort” by London for her Wembley Stadium live shows.

The Met have been reportedly reluctant to signal it off as a blue-light escort is often reserved for senior members of the Royal Household and high-level politicians, because it comes at big expense to the taxpayer, The Solar reported.

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No details about the tickets has appeared within the public area till right this moment.

The tickets have been understood to be value £170 – lower than the £300 that will make it a declarable expense – however the residence secretary made the declaration to the Cupboard Workplace earlier right this moment.

Tory MP Stuart Anderson stated on X that Ms Cooper’s choice to attend the live performance was “outrageous and raises some serious questions”.

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It additionally understood the house secretary’s workforce had been liaising with their everlasting secretary’s workplace about this for the final week or so.

“They also came after a fortnight of serious and violent disorder in a number of British towns and cities, which followed the terrible attack on a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport.

“Within the aftermath of the Manchester Enviornment assault on the Ariana Grande live performance in 2017, safety preparations for occasions like these are taken extraordinarily critically. Certainly, the federal government will shortly legislate for Martyn’s Legislation to enhance the safety of venues.

“We can make categorically clear that all operational decisions were made by the Metropolitan Police and they do not discuss security arrangements.”

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Taylor Swift’s mom Andrea, who can be her supervisor, apparently threatened to drag her daughter’s reveals in August if the police convoy was not offered

Swift’s mom Andrea, who can be her supervisor, apparently threatened to drag her daughter’s reveals in August if the police convoy was not offered.

Days earlier than, the musician was pressured to axe her reveals in Vienna attributable to a foiled suicide bomb plot concentrating on her Eras tour, which the US’s Central Intelligence Company (CIA) later stated was meant to kill tens of hundreds of individuals.

She stated “you would expect” the house secretary and the mayor to be concerned in a dialog “where there is a security risk”, similar to after the Vienna bomb plot.

The minister added Ms Cooper may have made a “considered judgement about that and expressed a view”.

She added: “Don’t forget that when it comes to Taylor Swift, what had just happened was that a series of concerts have been cancelled in Vienna because of the very serious security threat.

“I actually completely reject that there is been any form of wrongdoing or undue affect on this case.”

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