Thread by @docrussjackson

Why is there an interior decorator on #Peston talking about politics?

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Allsopp is the daughter of Charles Allsopp, 6th Baron Hindlip, a former chairman of Christie's. Owing to her father's peerage, she is entitled to use the courtesy style The Honourable Kirstie Allsopp. Her net worth is around £16 million, & her husband's around £20 million.🤑

Allsop attended some of the finest schools in England including Bedales (fees currently £38,130).

She sparked outrage for saying if young people gave up ‘luxuries’ such as Netflix & gym memberships they would be able to afford the average house deposit AND buy a home! 🤪

Both Allsopp & Ben Andersen were (still are?) friends of Lord Hesketh, who served under Thatcher, was Tory Party treasurer from 2003 to 2006, & was formerly a board member of The Conservative Party Foundation.

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On 10 October 2011, Lord Hesketh defected to the UK Independence Party, in response to Prime Minister David Cameron ruling out a referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union. During the years 2011/12 Lord Hesketh donated approximately £31,000 to UKIP.

BONUS FACT

In 2019, #ImACelebrity winner Georgia ‘Toff’ Toffolo was reportedly dating Hesketh's nephew, a wealthy aristocrat & former adviser to Nigel Farage who served time in a US jail for offering to launder money for drug lords. His family are said to be worth £300million!🤑