Political prisoner, activist, journalist, hymn-writer, emerging thinktanker, aspiring novelist, "tribal elder", 2019 parliamentary candidate for North West Durham, Shadow Leader of the Opposition, "Speedboat", "The Cockroach", eagerly awaiting the second (or possibly third) attempt to murder me.
Wednesday, 16 February 2022
Selling Point
Selling honours is illegal in the way that having a pint at 17 is illegal. But selling British citizenship is something else.
If Prince Charles's right-hand man is doing that, then who else must be doing the same thing?
It is legal for children over 5 to drink alcohol on private premises in England & Wales (no age limit in Scotland) and for 16 & 17 year olds to drink beer, wine or cider in licenced premises as long as it's with a 'substantial meal'.
Fawcett has done this once, for charity. The people running all political parties do it all the time, not for charity. A reference from Corbyn wouldn't have got anyone a passport, but a reference for Starmer or from any Tory or Lib Dem Leader would.
It is legal for children over 5 to drink alcohol on private premises in England & Wales (no age limit in Scotland) and for 16 & 17 year olds to drink beer, wine or cider in licenced premises as long as it's with a 'substantial meal'.
ReplyDeleteLicensing Act 2003 - more NewLabour madness)
Fawcett has done this once, for charity. The people running all political parties do it all the time, not for charity. A reference from Corbyn wouldn't have got anyone a passport, but a reference for Starmer or from any Tory or Lib Dem Leader would.
ReplyDeleteI suspect that Fawcett has done it more than once. But the rest of what you say is spot on.
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