£27k on organic food from Daylesford - our dear PM

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What do we think of this?

Sorry it's the Mail - if anyone has seen it covered elsewhere please share the link, www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9606217/Butler-smuggled-27-000-organic-takeaways-No-10-paid-wife-Tory-donor.html

I think it’s fine actually. They are basically healthy ready meals. He’s the prime minister, trying to run the country during a pandemic and was recovering from Covid himself at one point.
He’s hardly going to have much free time. The alternative which most countries prime ministers or presidents have is a full time chef which would cost way more

Can you imagine the uproar if the prime minister was late to press conference as was stuck in a queue at Tesco.

Well obviously Waitrose/John Lewis wasn't acceptable.

I can't bring myself to care about this to be honest - there are many more serious allegations to focus on.

I think its great.

@Caspianberg

I think it’s fine actually. They are basically healthy ready meals. He’s the prime minister, trying to run the country during a pandemic and was recovering from Covid himself at one point. He’s hardly going to have much free time. The alternative which most countries prime ministers or presidents have is a full time chef which would cost way more

Not to mention having a newborn.

Doesn’t bother me.

@Caspianberg

I think it’s fine actually. They are basically healthy ready meals. He’s the prime minister, trying to run the country during a pandemic and was recovering from Covid himself at one point. He’s hardly going to have much free time. The alternative which most countries prime ministers or presidents have is a full time chef which would cost way more

... but had to be shamed into providing free school meals to families living in poverty. And who paid for them? Should the PM be accepting generous gifts (c £780 per week!!!) without declaring them? Influence and favours in return, making the govt beholden to their paymasters? If it was bundles of cash in brown paper bags would it still be "fine"?

Daylesford is very expensive, but I think it isn’t a news story that Boris and his wife had food delivered.

Daily Mail links on every thread this morning.
PM his fiancée and baby eat healthy food and get it delivered. That’s a bad thing?

The problem isn't the food. The problem is who is paying for it 🤦‍♀️

I don't understand the issue posh farm shop provides food why are the mail making it a "thing"

Is not an isolated incident though is it? They seem to be keen to rinse as much out of his position as possible. And the newborn thing is rubbish. This went on until Feb, and it’s not like she has to find time to clean the loo.

I get that some of it is paid for but surely then it's a gift from his rich friends is that not allowed?

What absolute rubbish. He denied it at the time - lied about this plus a load of other ‘gifts’. These donations are done in the expectation of benefits; Honours, govt. contracts, tax exemptions etc.

@FunnyInjury

The problem isn't the food. The problem is who is paying for it 🤦‍♀️

According to documents seen by this newspaper, at least some of the items were paid for by the wife of the Tory donor

‘At least some’. Mmm. Not all then. Remind me what I need to get worked up about here.

There are a pair of them in it, but the best comment I read somewhere called her Carrie - Antionette. That made me chortle.

@Mrsjayy

I get that some of it is paid for but surely then it's a gift from his rich friends is that not allowed?

Seems not. 🤷‍♀️

Him buying the food isn't an issue, him getting it as a gift is the issue. He's also pleading poverty, why not just get an Ocado delivery like anyone else would? New baby and recovering from covid. I get needing easy meals but it's a crazy amount of money.

Isn't that the Tory way though why are people shocked that conservatives are all out for them selves. Donor gifts food farm shop gets business and bragging rights Boris remembers the "favour" and they will be rewarded.

Never heard of them before, just took a look, it's £8 for a teaspoon! Strawberries cost 3x the price of organic strawberries in mere mortals supermarkets. We often go to Waitrose or order hello fresh for convenience ourselves which isn't cheap, so I'm all for an easy life, that place is taking the Micky

@Caspianberg he is regularly late anyway and 5pm is before most people have their evening meal.

In any case if he did not spend time on needless PR trips and actually did his job, I would have a bit of sympathy about lack of time for preparing meals. Though David Cameron and Margaret Thatcher managed to find time.

@Mrsjayy

I don't understand the issue posh farm shop provides food why are the mail making it a "thing"

Because who paid for it

The food is not the issue

The problem isn't the food. The problem is who is paying for it 🤦‍♀️

Thought I was missing something but thank you!

I hate Boris, this isn't why. He's the PM, he can buy whatever food he likes. He's done much worse that should be focussed on, rather than what type of ready meal he and his family eat.

It's not about the food. That isn't difficult to understand. It's about the secrete and undeclared donations for it.