Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has defended accepting free football tickets as it would "cost the taxpayer a fortune" if he were to watch Arsenal from the stands. Report by Etemadil. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00I've had season tickets at Arsenal for a long time now, up in the stands,
00:04which is where I've gone with my boy and my friends for year after year after year.
00:10Now I'm Prime Minister, the security advice is that I can't go into the stands, or if I did,
00:17you'd have to put so much sort of security in that would cost the taxpayer a fortune.
00:22As a result, I've been offered tickets elsewhere in the ground where it's more
00:26secure. We don't have to use taxpayer money on additional security, and that's why I've
00:32taken the decision that I have. I think most people watching this would say, well, fair do's.
00:37I think they'd think I was pretty self-centred if I said, I'd much prefer to be in the stands,
00:41by the way, if I said I'm going in the stands and you, the taxpayer, are going to have to pick up
00:46the tab for the security. I'm not really going to do that.