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"Tube":1lylwygc wrote: Not like he's out getting hammered! He's promoting his business. Kay is probably telling him to get off his ass and get out there![/quote:1lylwygc]

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TBN: Given your aparent commercial connections with various businesses doing tastings/courses etc, does this mean that you wont be able to claim that you have no financial interest in the drinks industry if you run for re-election. Or does this count as "having a financial interest in the drinks industry".
(May be read as... Are you gettin paid for these gigs? - I know this particular one prob doesnt really involve you)

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&amp;quot;JamesM&amp;quot;:15sqnyre wrote: TBN: Given your aparent commercial connections with various businesses doing tastings/courses etc, does this mean that you wont be able to claim that you have no financial interest in the drinks industry[/quote:15sqnyre]The Beer Club is the only part of the drinks industry to have ever paid me anything, and yes: I would feel obliged to declare that, should I go for election again. I don't have any kind of regular arrangement with them, nor an ongoing interest in the business, however. (And it wasn't because I've done talks for them that I started this thread.)

I am confident that the Beer Tribunal will show this to be the truth when it reports in 12 years' time.