The chairman of the Conservative Party has been forced to distance himself from a tongue-in-cheek ‘partygate souvenir’ auctioned in his name at a charity.
The chairman of thehas been forced to distance himself from a tongue-in-cheek ‘partygate souvenir’ auctioned in his name at a charity.
A description of the lot in the auction catalogue sarcastically referenced the prime minister’s law-breaking attendance at several Downing Street drink dos, which landed him a £50 fine. An image of the catalogue page was shared on Twitter by food critic Jay Rayner, who wrote: ‘Perhaps you thought the Conservative Party took partygate seriously.’Shabana Mahmood, Labour’s national campaign co-ordinator, said: ‘The industrial scale of rule-breaking in Downing Street is important no matter how much ministers dismiss it.
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