Richard Desmond likes to tell the story of when Gordon Brown came to pay court to him in his palatial office. He complained that he was paying more taxes under a Labour government. Mr Brown said that wasn't true. So Mr Desmond summoned his accountant, told him to take the then Chancellor of the Exchequer…
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