Downing Street refuses to comment on the alleged meeting between the British Prime Minister and the pop singer in London. Enhanced police escort assigned to Swift under suspicion of government influence.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will have met Taylor Swift at a concert by the artist in the United Kingdom, on August 20, after the government official and his family obtained free tickets for the show as part of the Eras Tour, the pop singer’s world tour. The news is reported by Sky News, which details that the meeting lasted ten minutes, with the main topic of conversation being the knife attack in Southport, during which three children who were participating in a dance class dedicated to the Northport-American singer died. .
The meeting was discovered by the British press as part of the suspicions raised in relation to the attribution of reinforced police escort to the artist and the respective influence of the government in relation to it. Taylor Swift and her entourage were regularly supported by the Special Escort Group (SEG) and a specialized unit of the Metropolitan Police. reserved for the royal family and politicians in high positions.
In September it had already been revealed that the wife of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and leader of the Labor Party had accepted free tickets to The Eras Tour, without having declared the offer in her husband’s register of interests.
Questioned by The Guardian on Tuesday, Downing Street’s official spokesperson refused to confirm or deny whether Starmer met Taylor Swift at Wembley Stadium, saying any meeting would be recorded in the British government’s official register, which is updated with frequency, from months to months.
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the same source denied There is still no connection between the free tickets the Prime Minister and his family received and the decision to grant VIP police protection to the pop star while he was in London, leaving decision-making to law enforcement authorities.
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Downing Street says the police protection measure, which came after the pop star canceled three concerts in Vienna after two men were arrested for plotting terrorist acts at her shows, was a “operational problemManaged solely by the British police, without intervention from the executive, as is usual in large events of this type.
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However, according to The Guardian, the The police decision has been changed. following statements by Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London, and Yvette Cooper, British Home Secretary, about the economic repercussions if Swift’s concerts in London were cancelled.
Starmer’s spokesman vehemently rejected the suggestion that the government could have influenced the police decision, recalling that earlier this month the The Prime Minister returned £6,000 (7,200 euros) in gifts and other benefits, including tickets at the center of the controversy. He did not deny, however, that the government has held talks with Swift’s team, stating that “conversations and dialogues” on security issues of this type are completely routine.
Source: Observadora
