Ken Clarke admits he had forgotten the instructions he gave back in 1994, as he toasts a Tory MP's success over 20 years later.
Victory is sweet, especially in politics. But that rings particularly true for one MP.
Ken Clarke, the veteran Tory backbencher, visited a whisky distillery in Moray to open a barrel and make good on a 25-year-old promise. Back in 1994 he took a trip there as chancellor to lay a cask, and gave instructions it could only be opened when the constituency voted in a Conservative MP.Then it was one of the Scottish National Party's key seats, and a top Tory target.
It flipped back in 2017 and so Mr Clarke was invited back by victor Douglas Ross to open the barrel of the drink, which he famously drank in the Commons chamber."Every budget I gave after that, the glass of whisky which I used to make a bit of a prop of when I delivered my budget was Glenfarclas whisky - as I'd so enjoyed my visit here."
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