Now Peter, I thought we were here for a reasoned debate. John Leech is off playing a charity match in Germany. That is not what we pay him to do. Yes it is good that he is raising money for things, but at the same time he shouldn't miss his surgeries.
As "2 Jobs" pointed out, several members of the football team that are part of the government actually have *work* (gasp) to do so declined the offer off their own backs rather than being forced to do it to save face as a result of bad press. Of course the team is cross party, and I also think that it is wrong for them to miss their surgeries and abuse their position as MPs by receiving tickets from McDonalds.
Are you really defending him getting the tickets Peter? I think another point to make is that for some reason, he chose to represent the Parliamentary Team by making a statement to the press denying that they had asked for tickets. McDonalds said that the parliamentary football team had approached them for tickets and they had supplied 23 category one tickets.
