MONDAY
What on earth is going on? Ever since Budget day there’s been a really strange atmosphere around here. Can’t put my finger on what’s wrong except to say — I know this is going to sound hysterical — I think there’s some sort of situation developing between Dave and Gids.
It could be nothing but it’s been haunting me ever since Dave got to his feet to fight Gordon armed only with a file full of dodgy jokes about Stalin (mostly Nigel’s, v poor). Given the circumstances, he did really, really well. I mean — 2p cut/10p band?! It’s all Dutch to normal people. But couldn’t Gids have passed him a little note or something?
Apparently Osbers had it all worked out in seconds. Now he’s going around with a grin like a Cheshire cat telling anyone who’ll listen how brilliant his ‘tax con’ line was. It’s been five days and he’s still banging on about it.
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