Gordon Brown is understandably nervous: his poll ratings are even worse than those of John Major and Iain Duncan Smith at their lowest points. And so Brown stammers and stutters when he speaks, he cowers in his Downing Street bunker, he bites his finger nails, he smiles nervously, he picks his nose and, so I discovered yesterday, he also does something else.Yesterday I took two interns who have been working for me on a tour of the House of Commons. In the Commons chamber, we of course all stood admiring the generosity and handiwork of the New Zealanders who donated the two ornate despatch boxes. These hold the holy books required for MPs to swear their oaths (except, of course, the Koran - the muslim MPs refuse to have the Koran kept alongside other religious texts and so the Koran used to administer the oath to our muslim MPs is kept in the Commons Library).
Standing in front of the government despatch box, I noticed black ink marks all over it. These marks were, I was reliably informed, made by Gordon Brown when, in his nervousness, he thumps the despatch box while holding a black felt-tip pen. In doing so he marks the despatch boxes, made as they are from very rare New Zealand wood.
Not content with damaging these priceless despatch boxes, our P-P-P-Prime Minister has also covered the government front bench in black ink too.
The Commons Chamber is now closed for its annual summer refurbishment and cleaning. Will the Commons authorities send the PM a bill to pay for the cleaning of the despatch box and the government front bench? If so, will he claim it on expenses (as he did his television licence)?
6 comments:
I knew someone who did that sort of thing to my precious books. She never made it to my friends list. Why trust a country to someone you wouldn't trust with your books?
As little as I like the Government front bench, I am at least relieved for the sake of their safety that the 'Prime Minister' has been issued with soft-tip writing implements.
Hopefully somebody at Number 10 has also had the good sense to obtain primary school safety scissors for the private office too, in addition of course, to the padded mobile phone case.
I wouldn't trust the Gorgon with my books either -- he'd only cook 'em, as he usually does with books...
The last time I was in the two Chambers was in 1983, which was of course before this vandalism. It's a very fine place, the Palace of Westminster, and all of deserves to be treated with respect. I'd have thought the leader of the countryt would set a good example, but no...
Your lot started it with waving the Mace around. I'm told on good authority that Thatcher used to spit over the opposition front bench when in full rant.
You're mistaken: metaphorically speaking she pissed all over the Labour Party.
I think the Prime Minister should be made to pay for all damages and be more in control of himself!!!
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