Time to raise a toast to Rishi Sunak at the Carlton Club, the Conservative citadel in St James’s, where Chris Pincher, when he was deputy chief whip, was alleged to have sexually assaulted two men last year.
The smallprint in the club’s latest accounts show that it bagged £843,000 over the past two years from Sunak’s Covid support packages. There was a £286,000 government grant claimed as part of the “coronavirus job retention scheme”, and a further £44,000 as a “national lockdown grant.”
In 2020, the club claimed £513,000 in furlough payments. A year on from posting a £206,000 operating deficit, the club now boasts £226,000 profit in its latest figures for 2021.
Time maybe for the club’s ruling board to consider giving free membership to Sunak. They’ve already granted it to Liam Fox, Michael Gove, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Gavin Williamson and Theresa May.
