I’m buggered if I know
Tea was delicious, as indeed was dinner – cannon of Norman lamb with pugh lentils. The sun gone down over Rutland Water with a loud hiss and I have before me a blank sheet of paper.
Well, not quite blank.
Beneath the heading “How the Liberal Democrats can revive their electoral fortunes,” I find I have written the words:
“I’m buggered if I know.”
Still, a deadline is a deadline, so I shall now have a junior footman take it to the village post office so it can be telegraphed to London.
Lord Bonkers was Liberal MP for Rutland South West 1906-10
Earlier in Lord Bonkers' Diary:
A few days ago I would have agreed. But now you have the golden opportunity of winning the Witney by-election.
ReplyDeleteOr if not winning it outright, regaining second place.
But come to think of it, third place would be an improvement on last time.
Come to think of it, maintaining your lead over the Greens would be a very positive contribution to recovery.
But the essential thing will be not to fall behind the Wessex Regionalists.
I say essential, but we must bear in mind that the circumstances for the party are not ideal ...