An eagle-eyed local correspondent has added more information to our story:
with the following comment:
“I believe from press reports that our own dear MP Hugo Swire might have been the auctioneer who took the winning bid from the parties concerned at the annual Tory fund raiser.
Wasn’t this also the occasion that Hugo boasted of selling a jar of his (East Devon?)honey for £15,000 ? (He must really be in touch with the struggles of the proles of East Devon!)
Having lived in Henley on Thames, I am familiar with the addresses associated with the winning bidder and Henley Concierge, the latter especially should have started bells ringing.”
East Devon Watch 
I could have sworn Hugo was head boy of Slitherin’ at Hogwarts…. before he moved on to Eton of course to fine tune his right wing credentials! Incidentally, I understand the government have shredded MP’s expenses paperwork recently …. evidence of more foul deeds by our leaders?
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Yes, that £399 Mulberry ipad cover receipt has probably gone now – though he did pay the money back, after the news hit the headlines!
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£1500 for a jar of honey!
And did Hugo Swire MP also repay his mars bar claim after it was reported in the Echo – see link?
ED folk deserve better than this.
http://www.exeterexpressandecho.co.uk/Probe-called-Echo-exposes-MP-Swire-s-claims/story-11816313-detail/story.html
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