Banking on Brown
While MPs compete to vilify Stephen Hester, the chief executive of RBS, for the �963,000 worth of shares that he has been awarded as a bonus, the money-making prowess of former prime ministers should not be overlooked.
While Tony Blair made �12million with just one of his companies last year, Gordon Brown has disclosed that he was paid �74,936 for a four-hour engagement last month, equivalent to �39million per year.
The money was paid by the ANAP Foundation / This Day in Nigeria for a speech that Brown gave in Lagos. His astonishing travel and hotel costs of �20,1666 were also paid by the organisation. He says he will not receive any of the money personally and it will go to pay for his office costs.
Brown was also paid a �22,500 advance by Simon & Schuster for a forthcoming book, 2025: Shaping a New Future. Full-time authors will be envious, as Brown?s previous tome, Beyond the Crash, reportedly sold only 2,000 copies in its first three months.
Lineker misses
While some footballers seem less than keen to play for the Great Britain team at London 2012, Gary Lineker would have ?leapt at the opportunity?.
The former England striker tells Mandrake: ?I would have loved to. Some might choose not to, but I would. It?s going to be huge. It?s the first time we?ve entered a British team.?
A closed book
Nick Hewer, the new host of Countdown, has turned down offers to write his memoirs. ?I truly do not have much of a story to tell, nor a burning need to tell it,? claims the right-hand man to Lord Sugar on The Apprentice.
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