We are still in 2024 and this story caused quite a commotion when it broke.
Who among us has ever turned down a gift. Aside from Xmas and birthdays I don’t remember ever getting a gift but it seems our dear leader has been on the receiving end of much largesse. So much so that his advisors got a bit wobbly in case it was seen as corruption.
I believe Keith Spanner is as venal a man as has ever sat in 10 Downing Street and I include the Fat Turk in that assessment. The tally is well over £100,000 in the last 5 years, the closest competitor is Lucy Powell who is around the £40,000 mark.
Controversy arose when it was announced that Lady Victoria Sponge, Spanner’s better half, was the recipient of high-end clothes from Keith’s close friend Lord Alli who is also a nine bob note. It was revealed that the generous Lord had paid for a personal shopper, clothes and alterations before and after Spanner became Prime Minister. MPs are required to register gifts and donations within 28 days of receiving them but these donations were registered late. Number 10 said this was an oversight that had since been corrected.
Keith himself has also received, and disclosed, gifts from the ever generous Lord amounting to £39,122. These included accommodation worth just over £20,000, “work clothing” worth over £16,000 (I don’t think this refers to overalls) and various pairs of glasses to the tune of about £2,500.
The Tories of course, no shrinking violets themselves when it comes to freebies, piled in pouring scorn on the socialist living in Number 10. There were contrasts between pensioners on £13,000 a year and a man earning more than 10 times that who can’t afford to clothe his wife.
The Premiere League is one of his largest donors with Keith having received nearly £40,000 in free tickets. What on earth could they want in return. It is not just the EPL who have been kind, other Premiere League clubs have dug deep into their pockets to cater for the poverty stricken PM to attend their matches.
Seeing as football fans can be rather fickle and Keith’s every public appearance recently is accompanied by chants about his onanism, it is more than possible he has cut down on his visits to fitba grounds. He also received £4,000 worth of tickets for a Taylor Swift concert.
Speaking in 2024 Keith said that all MPs get gifts and he thought the need to declare them was a good framework. Whenever I get gifts I am going to comply with the rules. He also said he could not go into the stands at a football match because of security concerns so if he didn’t accept the hospitality he couldn’t go to a game. I say he could do what I do, don’t go to any games but watch on TV if you feel the need.
The Tottenham Turnip has put his two cents worth in and argued that prime ministers and their spouses must look their best on the world stage and accepting gifts is OK when there’s no taxpayer funded budget for it. To me that looks like a plea to Lord Alli for a few bob to be thrown in the direction of North London. I will add that even as Foreign Secretary Lammy looks like a sack of spuds even when wearing what may be Savile Row suits though I may be wrong, perhaps they are off the peg from Marks and Sparks.
In 2025 the kerfuffle seems to have died down but is he just keeping it quiet, should they be so bidden his tame pets in the MSM are more than capable of turning a blind eye.
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