The Hall of Fame
Clegg richer than Cameron
Nick Clegg, that wobbly politician that went to £30,000-a-year Westminster School and is even posher than Cameron, enters the Hall of Fame this month.
Lighter shade of red
It was all smiles for David Copland’s 50th last month. The Pink Home Loans managing director celebrated in style at Darnford Moors Golf Club, in Lichfield, Staffs. All manner of mortgage illumine attended the
bash along with a cast of characters from Pink to help Copey celebrate hitting the big one includ- ing Lloyds Banking Group’s Nigel Stockton, Bank of Ireland’s Mark Howell, PTFS’s Dev Malle, Ex- act’s Alan Cleary, Nationwide’s James Chidgey, Godiva’s Colin Franklin, L&E’s Parveen Kumari, industry expert Martin Reynolds and industry Godfather John Malone. Malone donned a spectacular tartan outfit to pay homage to Copey in an emotional speech while Cleary penned a special poem which he read out in front of guests. Copies available on request. Speeches aside, highlight of the evening was the selection of photos from Copey’s youth plastered all over the toilet walls with some pictured above. Copey, the HoF salutes you.
Bend it like Beckham
Apparently the terrace house David Beckham grew up in is on sale for £850,000.
The HoF immediately smelt a rat. A local valuer says that the three-bed home in east London is really worth about £250,000 – just like the other properties in the street.
But the savvy owners are hoping to cash in on
Becks’ fame and get offers above £1m as soon as people realise who lived there.
Local historian Colin Evans has been given the job of selling the house after he uncovered the identity of its famous former resident.
England ace Beckham, 33, lived at the house in Leytonstone as a child before the family moved to Chingford.
Evans said: “When I told the owners, they didn’t believe me.”
Quite. The house has been put up for sale privately and is being advertised with the description: “Lucky, leafy Leytonstone, celebrity hotspot – London’s answer to Hollywood.” With a description like that the HoF is sure the house is bound to go for the asking price. Or not.
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Congratulations to last month’s winner, who will shortly receive £30 of Wine vouchers
Manchester Unicked
Shock for some earlier this month as Manchester was identified by the Home Office as having the most hardened career criminals in the country – beating even London and Liverpool. Apparently around 1,500 of the 15,000 most prolific offenders are from the city.
Fine dining
Which lender chief executive was spotted dining with one former distributor about to make a dramatic return to market at London’s swanky Hakkasan resataurant.
Not only has Mr Anti Politics twice worked in the murky world of lobbying, he’s on record as not having watched any of the soaps and couldn’t name one of the X Factor judges. Clearly, more of a charlatan and chancer then than a Prime Minister. At the time of writing Clegg was still doing rather well in the polls and was holding the balance of power. Alas, so confident are we that he’s not got a chance of making it into number 10 we’re more than happy to stick the boot in now.
And if he does, expect a mass exodus before the whole country goes to pot, or we get nuked.
Scholars Club in London’s Mayfair a hoot
The HoF was delighted to be invited to the sec- ond Scholar’s Club outing in London’s Mayfair. The Club, made up of London reprobates, er bro- kers, Andrew Montlake, Aaron Strutt, Katie Tuck- er, Richard Campo and Gareth Lowman, is a very informal gathering of industry minds to talk about issues of the day. “I’ve found a superb little pub that might suit
us better than the Mayfair hotel bar we used last time,” Tucker told the HoF. “Still in Mayfair and so central but a considerably better ‘white-wine- spritzer per tenner’ ratio which is what counts, frankly.” Indeed. Expect the full low down on the Scholar’s Club next month.
Spot the ball and win £30 of Majestic
Wine vouchers
Just take a look at this photo of the mighty Glen Johnson and work out where the football is. Photocopy the page, put a cross where you think the centre of the ball is, and send it – along with your name & address – to Nia at the address on page 3. Good luck!
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