Today Andrea Leadsom has officially launched her campaign to be the next Tory leader. Speaking at the Cinnamon Club, the former banker declared that she would not be the candidate for the rich; ‘the richest people in Britain will not be my priority’.
However, Mr S cant help but wonder if she should have gone for a different choice of venue if she wants to be taken seriously as a voice of the working people. After all, the Cinnamon Club is one of Westminster’s most expensive restaurants.
A favourite of the metropolitan elite, the Indian restaurant serves a special gin punch for £400 a bowl. Meanwhile it’s hard to get through a lunch there without reaching triple figures. Andy Gilchrist, the former general secretary of the Fire Brigades Union, found this out to his cost in 2003 when he ran up a bill of £817 for a table of four.
Mr S suspects Leadsom should head to a greasy spoon for her next campaign event — should she wish to shake off such concerns.
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