Better late than never! Eight months after the draw, Peter Knight has finally collected his Plant Mart raffle prize – a bottle of House of Commons Whisky signed by Sir Keir Starmer. The bottle was donated by the Lewisham East MP Janet Daby, but couldn’t be signed because the General Election was called four days later.
Not surprisingly, Sir Keir has had a few other things to do since then, and he only had time to sign the bottle last week. As Peter said “Events intervened!”
When Peter bought his raffle tickets, Sir Keir was Leader of the Opposition. So despite the wait, he has ended up with a greater prize: a bottle signed by the Prime Minister.