24th January A very taxing problem


In an exclusive on line virtually true interview Grace Under Pressure can reveal that Conservative party chairman and former used car salesman Nadhim Zahawi is feeling just a little sheepish this morning after carelessly forgetting to pay several million pounds in tax which he was Chancellor of the Exchequer.

Speaking to Grace Under Pressure's at times very taxing correspondent, Mr Zahawi explained, "Look it was an easy mistake to make. I simply thought that the trays of gold ingots just lying around the house were in fact Ferrerro Rocher chocolates left over from Christmas. That was just careless."

"It was only when I tried to bite into one that I thought to myself, 'hey Nads these posh chocs have gone a bit hard. A bit like I did at the thought of keeping all my lovely lolly from the tax man by channelling shares into my father in laws name and then putting them in an off shore tax haven. Which I am assured by my tax consultant Mr Jimmy Carr from the firm '8 out of 10 cats pay too much tax Ltd' isn't strictly illegal unless you get caught."

This is not the only financial scandal to his the Conservative party in recent days. At the time of going to press Grace Under Pressure is unable to confirm that should Boris Johnson have required an £800,000 loan to get him to the end of the month he could just have asked Rishi Sunak to have a rummage in his pockets or down the back of the sofa for a bit of loose change.





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