Alex Salmond spent nearly half a million pounds of taxpayers’ money on Ryder Cup trip

A parliamentary question has revealed that Alex Salmond spent £468,580 – or nearly £100,00 per day – of Scottish government money on his recent visit to Chicago for the Ryder Cup.

The Telegraph reports:

The First Minister and his wife, Moira, are understood to have stayed at the five-star Peninsula Hotel in the city, popular with celebrities such as Jay-Z, Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston…Unfortunately for the First Minister, who is an avid fan of the game, he was booed by the crowd as he delivered his speech at the official handover ceremony.

Sounds like money well spent…

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