● “Prime minister, would you like to hold the cat?” I am being taken to see the New Boss. When she first arrived she was very difficult to control and kept marching about the place saying things firmly. Now she just sits under the Cabinet table, sipping cocoa.
“Am I allowed to hold it?” she asks. “Have you asked Jeremy?”
“The Chancellor says it’s fine, but afterwards you have to sign the papers he’s sent.”
I had hoped that the frankly long overdue departure of the previous guy, and his disgusting dog-thing, would make things a bit calmer around here. The new lot are certainly cleaner and there are fewer dog turds in the corridors, but there seems to be just as much screaming and weeping as before. It’s very…
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The Critic (Digital) - 1 Issue, November 2022