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High life

I offered Zac Goldsmith £50 to stay 20 feet away from me

He is immune to bribery

17 October 2015

9:00 AM

17 October 2015

9:00 AM

I once tried to bribe Zac Goldsmith with a £50 note, but he didn’t bite even back then. He was about 15 years old, and the reason for the hush money was pure self-preservation. He was already good-looking and I knew he’d be even more so at 20, so I offered him 50 quid to stay 20 feet away from me for the next 15 years if he saw me talking to a girl.

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