The Chancellor often says that Labour put off the day of reckoning over the nation’s ‘maxed out’ credit card. But it looks like some Tories are refusing to actually dig into their own pockets to pay some of the bills in here Manchester.
One report that the Radisson Edwardian Hotel has had a rash of ‘no pays’ for lunches, teas, coffees and even dinners at its Alto restaurant.
Cheeky delegates, who are not staying as guests at the hotel, have been waltzing in, finding tables, ordering grub or drinks and then just waltzing out again. The problem was particularly acute yesterday after the conference emptied after key speeches, I’m told.
But someone has to pick up the tab, of course and it seems those at the bottom are suffering. one poor member of the hotel staff it was reported has had to pay £80 from her own pocket to foot the bill for a gaggle of delegates who supped their wine and promptly legged it.
