My G-d, the perfidy! He took cigars and champagne from friends. The world has never seen such evil. Hang him!
I was reading it that way as well. If that is ALL they got they are desperate.
Your sarcasm is misplaced.
£64,000 in cigars and £44,000 worth of champagne ... £2,600 worth of jewellery ... another £55,000 in champagne and cigars ...
That's about $200,000, not taking inflation into account. And that's only some of the allegations.
If a politician you didn't like were receiving six figure bribes, you'd be outraged.
I know, Sir Winston Churchill was known to appreciate both himself.