PM says it would 'cost the taxpayer a fortune' if he didn't accept free Arsenal tickets

https://lemmy.ca/post/29309676

PM says it would 'cost the taxpayer a fortune' if he didn't accept free Arsenal tickets - Lemmy.ca

For those who haven’t read it, it will cost the taxpayer more because he’d need more security if he was sitting in a different seat
Because it’s absolutely essential that he’s present for the match, right?
Asking people to give up their lives, hobbies, and anything that brings them joy when they go into politics isn’t the way to get quality candidates.
No one’s saying he can’t go to the game. He just can’t take free expensive tickets as political favors or have enhanced security on the government’s dime. He can buy his own tickets if he wants to, he’s a big boy.

and hire his own bodyguards

Now that’s a take, Holy hell.

You’re right. He should just keep accepting bribes so that he doesn’t have to forgo his hobbies.

Not going to a football match doesn’t mean you have to give up everything that makes you happy.

If that’s literally the only thing that’d make him happy, he’s got much bigger problems in life.

A quality candidate would be a person that wasn’t a football loony.
How dare they enjoy things!