Lord Bonkers' Diary: A fully-funded scholarship and chauffeur-driven Rolls

It's puzzling that the Conservatives were so insistent that Kemi Badenoch's fantasy that she was offered a place to read medicine at Harvard when she was 16, based purely on aptitude tests, was true. They may have reasoned that she will be gone before the next general election so it's not going to matter, or perhaps they just really admire Donald Trump's and his approach to facts.

And, while it's good to see that Lord Bonkers has respect for learning, what is the old brute suggesting about Nick Clegg?

Thursday

A lunch invitation from the Professor of Hard Sums at the University of Rutland gives me the opportunity to put to bed once and for all a story that the leader of His Majesty’s opposition has been putting about. I can confirm that La Badenoch was not offered a place in his prestigious department without even having applied for one, let alone a fully-funded scholarship and chauffeur-driven Rolls. 

Next time I find myself in one of Fleet Street’s watering holes, I shall whisper this news in the ear of someone from the Manchester Guardian. Meanwhile, my efforts to discover Nick Clegg’s A level grades will go continue.

Lord Bonkers was Liberal MP for Rutland South West, 1906-10.

Earlier this week

• Dallas and its notorious School Book Suppository
• "He spelt his name with an omelette"
• Streets given over to foxes and feral cats