Tamzin Lightwater

Diary of a Notting Hill nobody | 5 December 2009

Tamzin Lightwater's unique take on the week

issue 05 December 2009

Monday

Oh dear. Maybe Mr Maude was right. Maybe we are heading for… no, I won’t say it. I refuse to say the HP words. A few rogue polls, that’s all it is. Dave says this would never have happened if we had got his No Complacency message out properly. We are now under orders to brief that ‘we take nothing for granted’ to at least 50 journalists a day. If we do not fulfil our anti-complacency briefing quotas, we face having our pay docked.

Still, there’s some good news. The first official portrait of Dave has been unveiled to universal acclaim, making worthwhile all those hours we put into brainstorming whether or not he should wear a tie (obviously not!). However, we are not complacent. We do not take the success of official portraits for granted and remain vigilant about the possibility of portrait failure at all times.

Tuesday

The minor, private matter of Zac’s money seems to be rumbling on.

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