The Battle for Britain | 17 December 2022

‘The other two are still working from home.’
‘It might be a bit of fun to you, mate, but to me it’s cultural appropriation.’
‘Let’s check whether you’ve been naughty or nice.’
‘You’re upsetting the markets.’
‘I trust there’s 11 per cent extra money in the pudding.’
‘I’m afraid Santa may have overpromised and underdelivered.’
‘I’m afraid this year the Christmas pudding has gone cashless.’
‘They go off and on...’
‘Why do you feel you need to beseen as “good”, Wenceslas?’
‘Merry Christmas!’
‘And what can you bring to the stable?’
‘Hopefully, many will choose heating over eating this year.’
‘Marley’s ghost has a less perturbing message than I anticipated.’
‘Unfunded giveaways? Are you insane?’
‘Might I suggest something whose bitter perfume breathes a life of gathering gloom?’
‘I have notes.’
‘We had to switch it off.’
‘Netflix and spill?’
‘We used to laugh and call him names but that was just workplace banter.’
‘Bring me flesh and bring me wine but hold the flesh.’
‘Each window reveals a new strike.’
‘That’s a perfectly good egg that could have been thrown at the King.’
‘I can’t stop the doors opening.’