Has Captain Tom's legacy been ruined? Feat. Mike Parry & Stella Tsantekidou | Jeremy Vine

[@Fletch_18]

Amazes me how people like Mike are fine with her skimming off over a million quid but go crazy about a single mother on £80 a week. You're not supposed to make money from a charitable act. It's meant to be done out of genuinely wanting to help. The greed of some people is just unreal. They were already a well-off family, it's not even like they needed the money.

[@KingBee24]

Exactly ! What's he talking about ? She deserves £1.5 million for one years work ! Behave !

[@cryptoterrier5933]

Mike is just demonstrating his total lack of moral compass.

[@Swansong321]

She took her dad to Barbados at 100 in the middle of a global pandemic..he got covid..yeah she gave him a great last year!unbelievable Maureen!🙄

[@paulfrancis8764]

🤣

[@Supergleekism]

Typical the Tory defending her 😂😂

[@Sheffield_Steve]

Shocking I know! 🤭🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😉

[@juliehubbard158]

Trust me if this all happened in a council estate then Mike would be saying the complete opposite, only because they're middle class

[@robertrussell9052]

Parry defending the indefencible is ridiculous.

[@user-dk6jb6hq9t]

Capt tom's legacy is intact.... his daughter on the other hand

[@LeniPollitt]

Tom is a hero. Daughter just got greedy.

[@paulfrancis8764]

A hero? Not really......

[@Tom_murray89]

His daughter has a lot of questions to answer in my opinion

[@brendashields6801]

A spa for their own use from public donations - and then that idiot praising her for looking after her father in last year of his life which most daughters do for their father without looking for pay for it - she used her father in my opinion

[@beatlebrian4404]

Well said, I agree with you 100%

[@ranstxx]

The daughter set it up from the beginning. He enjoyed walking about daily so she called her media friends to tell them he was doing it for the NHS

[@gillyharwood]

This guy Mike isn’t talking twaddle… they continued to use his name to make money for themselves. This is about honesty to the public…

[@erictaylor2831]

They are tainted, not him😂

[@ranstxx]

She ‘made a mistake’ by building herself a spa 😂

[@snapdragon1194]

Captain Tom was able to put a smile on people's faces when things were bleak, but the self entitled greed from his extended family wiped the grin away instantly. No one buying the book would ever have thought the funds raised were not going to the NHS, it was all about the NHS. The family saw a gravy train and jumped on aboard, it's only now we know the truth do they regret not being upfront about the money raised. If they weren't doing anything suspect why did they lie about the building of the spa, they fabricated the planning application to get it built. They may not be guilty of a particular crime for the police to be involved, but they are guilty of deceiving the public, pocketing cash from charity speaking, selling tacky memorabilia and finally tarnishing Captain Tom's memory with all of their shady deals. They are still trying to defend their actions, instead of just saying they made mistakes and they're sorry, but no they are still defiant about what they did and why. I have no sympathy for them at all, greed took over them all and they are no better than any other fraudsters.

[@captainlovefest]

It has not only tarnished Tom's reputation, it begs the question how he's brought her up, and nobody has mentioned the impact it has on further charity work as people feel conned and won't be as keen to give m money next time..

[@KelculesIII]

Does Mike wake up every morning, read the Daily Mail, then get triggered about woke sandwiches and get paid to fume about it on TV? Hard work, eh? (Reading the Daily Mail, I mean)

[@ranstxx]

He said on his death bed ‘i want the money from these books goes to you’ LOL Im pretty sure he didn't 😂

[@beatlebrian4404]

Surprise surprise Tory millionaire Mike, defending greed!

[@davidwilliamsdavi]

Mike sounds like he would have done the same thing, taking a cut of donations!

[@Da1Dez]

I always knew there was something opportunistic about his daughter.....

[@carolynesimpson6070]

I never donated to this. Something felt off at the time. I usually donate to Children’s hospices.

[@catherinemartin6258]

😂

[@trevorclarey3336]

Mike is of his rocker . & why have we got some greek woman telling us how the British behave ?

[@DVDfeverGames]

She's lived here for 12 years, racist.

[@judithmorganjudyteen]

​@@DVDfeverGamesyou don't know Trevor's race.

[@catherinemartin6258]

@@judithmorganjudyteen white gammon like you

[@Cee75-mm9hq]

I can’t help thinking Mike and Maureen would have a complete different view if Hannah wasn’t middle class and lived on a council estate. Posh privilege comes to mind.

[@fats3973]

SIR TOMS LEGACY WILL LIVE ON FOREVER, IT PUT A SMILE ON OUR FACE DURING A TIME IN OUR LIVES WHERE SMILES WERE SCARCE. HIS DAUGHTERS ACTS SHOULD REFLECT ON HER ALONE.

[@olixz]

Sounds pretty dodgy to me.

[@juliehubbard158]

What planet is Mike on? She pimped him out to make money in my eyes, you could tell from the start! There were other elderly people doing their bit, the lady who walked up and down her stairs to raise during the pandemic barely got a collumn inch

[@willowtree9291]

People were misled. They believed the money from the books was going to charity because it said so in the foreword.

[@plasterer1672]

Jail her for fraud

[@Derekduval963]

Parry must be on the family payroll.

[@BeaSerenaButtercup]

He looks a bit like her hubby Colin

[@equalitypeace1695]

Question is the money from the book will go to charity that's what he said but she kept the money If people knew this they would not have bought the book

[@Sharon-zi1xn]

I am split on this to be honest! Captain Tom was amazing, but Hannah was always there, none of it would have been possible without his family's help, he also lived with them, so i take Hannah was the one looking after him, feeding him, help with personal care, it's a lot, and cold wear you down eventually, but she loved her Dad so did it! I also choose to believe Captain Tom did say the money from his books should go to the family, nothing wrong with him wanting to pass on some money to them, and his books! What i do not agree with his £18,000 for a personal appearance, that is ridiculous, and not sure how she had the Gaul to ask for that money, that is taking the piss!! Her wonderful Dad was the star here, not her, as much as she helped!! So that is my take, and finally Captain Tom's reputation has not been ruined one bit, he was and always will be a legend!!

[@catherinemartin6258]

It’s disgusting really they had plenty of money already it’s just greed end of the day disgraceful people

[@johngregson9827]

Only the grubby greedy reputation of these two is mud . Captain Tom never made or. Did it for personal gain.

[@TonyMaloney-b1o]

No im sorry i dont agree. If you look the companies house accounts for all charities the directors all take massive salaries. How is it different

[@siadali7673]

Captain Tom legacy will always be in British folklore

[@Fletch_18]

Since Matthew Wright left this show it's not been as good & it's gradually become more right-wing. I loved it when it was the Matthew Wright Show. They keep having the same old right-wingers on there now! I bet Mike Parry wouldn't be saying this if it had been a family from a council estate on benefits, they'd no doubt have been called all the names under the sun. £18k for one event, a few hours of just sitting there. Someone working part-time that's a year's wages. Looks like Maureen would have taken a chunk too. Makes me sick! It's grotesque! She should have helped her dad for free, who charges to help their parents?

[@KayHutchinson-x1i]

Who cares what you think the family stole from that charity , why do we have to listen to a foreign woman telling what’s what about us please go away.How much was she earning a year that’s what she should have been paid

[@DVDfeverGames]

She's lived here for 12 years, racist.

[@paulfrancis8764]

Why the hell shouldn't the neighbours pile in? Vine being a tool again.

[@garyh5541]

Utterly!!! By Greed Greed Greed!

[@BeaSerenaButtercup]

Mike is an absolute 🤡!

[@martinhumble]

Nope, I still love ABBA