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My lessons for David Lammy

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issue 28 September 2024

There is worryingly little time left to make the appropriate preparations for Bridget Phillipson’s official birthday, on 19 December. As far as I am aware, no venue has been booked as yet – and given that the minister for women and incalculable self entitlement has her birthday slap bang in the middle of the festive season, finding a suitable place may prove problematic. The Royal Albert Hall, for example, is already booked out for an evening with Guy Barker’s Big Band Christmas, but I dare say that if pressure was brought to bear this could be junked so that the celebrations for Bridget’s 41st might be housed in a suitable location.

My suspicion is that he mixed up Azerbaijan with Azkaban from the Harry Potter books

Last year, if you remember, she was forced to slum it at the Hoare Memorial Hall, SW1, the bill being picked up by the Labour donor Lord Alli.

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