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Prescott's charity gift came from public purse - Britain - Times Online

THE charity donation made after John Prescott spent the night at the Rocky Mountain ranch of the tycoon who owns the Millennium Dome was paid by the taxpayer, The Times has learnt.

THE charity donation made after John Prescott spent the night at the Rocky Mountain ranch of the tycoon who owns the Millennium Dome was paid by the taxpayer, The Times has learnt.

The Conservatives are demanding that the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards should investigate the trip to the 32,000-acre Denver estate of Philip Anschutz last July.

Mr Prescott spent the night with a “small number” of civil servants at Mr Anschutz’s home, which has its own nine-hole golf course, hunting facilities and a health spa...A spokeswoman for Mr Prescott confirmed that the donation, which was made to a 7/7 charity, came from the public purse because the trip was official business.

Mr Anschutz, who has close links to President Bush, is the owner of AEG entertainment, which was handed the Dome free for 20 years in June 2004,..at the time of the US trip Mr Prescott had ultimate ministerial responsibility for the regeneration of the Dome.

Bloody amazing isn't it! Yesterday the excuse was - "Oh it is alright because the Fat Bastard copied his leader and stuffed a couple of quid in the collecting box" - and now we find our it was poor bloody tax payer who did on his behalf , not the Council Tax cheat himself.

And was Tracey one of the "civil servants" also there on "Government Business", did we also have to pay for a palatial knocking shop?

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