The total lack of self-awareness from these MPs is mental £1,500 shooting trip? Euro semi-final tickets gifted by Heineken? Oh it’s all totally above board chap, trust me
@OliDugmore True, but it's also worth noting how many freebies journalists receive, which is just as staggering, and unethical (though not saying Joe is guilty of any of this), and deserves similar analysis
@OliDugmore @PoliticsJOE_UK If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's probably a duck 🤦♀️ (I guess the MP's/government's/ministers' response to that would be: "No one told me it was a duck." or "Oh, is that a duck?" or - the most recent - "I can't comment until Sue Gray tells me it's a duck.") 😠
@OliDugmore I subscribe to Private Eye. I rarely get through it all but I keep my subscription as PE keeps the government in check more than any newspaper could even dream of. No allegiances, no punches pulled, proper journalism
@OliDugmore Why are MPs allowed to accept "gifts", if you work in a corporate environment those are very much a no go.
@OliDugmore Well said Hisplop. The oleaginous Costa did himself no favours whatsoever. He came across as the typical MP that this standards committee was supposed to be exposing. Talk about marking your own homework.
@OliDugmore MPs and their staff really do feel they are doing gods work.