To be fair, politicians have been doing this sort of thing for years.

However, doing it after saying you're promoting 'good, honest politics' stinks of hypocrisy.

"That was fun and to round off the day, I am off to steal a charity collection box and then desecrate a place of worship.” - Smokey, The Selhurst Arms, 26/02/02

When Jezza met Assad:

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PS. No reporting of this in the left wing media. One wonders why?

"That was fun and to round off the day, I am off to steal a charity collection box and then desecrate a place of worship.” - Smokey, The Selhurst Arms, 26/02/02

As part of a multi party delegation.

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Same reason so little reporting of this in the right wing media..

"Just a few months before his son-in-law launched the bloody crackdown on dissent in Syria that has shocked the international community, Fawaz Akhras was invited to dinner with the Queen.

The Harley Street cardiologist and his wife, Sahar, were asked to attend a state banquet given by the monarch and Prince Philip in honour of the Emir of Qatar in October 2010.

The invitation to the white-tie occasion in the spectacular St George's Hall at Windsor Castle was a high-water mark in Akhras's rise in both British and Syrian society. On the British side, he could satisfy himself that he was on a guest list that included the prime minister, David Cameron, the foreign secretary, William Hague, the Prince of Wales and dozens of other British establishment figures. On the Syrian side, he could reflect that his daughter, former banker Asma, had been married to Syria's president, Bashar al-Assad, for nearly a decade and her reputation was growing as a glamorous and moderating influence on a regime that George Bush included in his "axis of evil". A PR push would soon bear fruit with Vogue dubbing her a "rose in the desert.

...But through his position as Assad's father-in-law and by dint of his modest, trustworthy style, he had become a political gatekeeper for Damascus in London and had gathered around him a group of influential supporters."

EFA

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