MONDAY
Mr Maude stormed out of his Still A Very Long Way To Go Sub-Group meeting this morning. Normally, he is the only one who enjoys these but Nigel says that JRI (as the ‘Jonathan Ross Inquest’ must be referred to round the office) is really pushing him to the edge.
Confused: the briefing on Saturday was that Dave’s appearance on — well, on that TV show — had been a triumph. Mr Letwin said that, in his judgment, the interview had ‘exuded perhaps the most tempting, appealing and altogether succulent aroma of any Cameron televisual appearance to date’. (Mr Letwin talks about ‘aromas’ a lot these days: Poppy says he needs some aromatherapy).
Anyway, after the Sunday papers wrote up all the horrible stuff about Dave and his supposed feelings about Baroness Thatcher — as if he would feel anything other than grateful loyalty to her — the new line-to-take is that The Floppy Haired Interviewer (name now banned from office) is a ‘BBC leftie’.
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