Jeremy Corbyn kept the cost of his ‘terror wreath’ Tunisia trip down to avoid declaring it, emails suggest
The Labour leader went there in 2014 and attended a wreath-laying ceremony for the Palestinian terrorists responsible for the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre
JEREMY Corbyn kept the cost of his controversial Tunisia trip down to avoid declaring it, emails suggest.
The Labour leader went there in 2014 and attended a wreath-laying ceremony for the Palestinian terrorists responsible for the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre.
Now newly unearthed emails between him and members of his office reveal he talked about keeping costs down.
The eventual cost was £4 below the threshold at the time.
In one email, Mr Corbyn, then a backbencher, wrote: “It (the trip) sound alright but will need to be very clear who is paying for it as I will have to declare anything over £600 unless they can keep it cheap.
“If declared (it) has to be referred to (in) debates etc.”
The actual threshold was £660 — and Mr Corbyn has furiously denied that the trip, bankrolled by the Tunisian government, needed to be registered, claiming it cost just £656.
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Watchdogs investigated claims Mr Corbyn broke parliamentary rules by not registering the trip, but did not find against him.
But Tory MP Andrew Bridgen said: “It’s clear that he was well aware of the extremely contentious nature of the visit and the effect it would have on the public that he was glorifying and commemorating terrorism.”
Labour said last night the email showed Mr Corbyn ensuring his staff follow the rules for declaring trips and did not advocate avoiding declaring it.
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