Mrs Crackenthorpe's Diary – 12 December edition
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Hello my dearests. Mrs C has been in a positive fizz of excitement over the advent of Christmas party season – as they say, it’s quite the most wonderful time of year.
In fact, there’s only one season she prefers: that fallow period betwixt Christmas and New Year when Inspector Remorse sets in, and everyone snitches on each other’s naughtiness under the mistletoe. Til then, here’s what’s been tickling Mrs C’s tinsel…
We always have a ball at House towers, so Mrs C was thrilled when darling Sarah Owen joined in the fun recently. Dropping by to record an episode of our sister publication PoliticsHome’s podcast, sporty Sarah soon spied our small and not at all distracting or irritating games area.
Grabbing a mini-basket ball, she took aim… and sent the sphere soaring over the backboard, wiping out an innocent member of the sales team. Be gentle, Sarah – they cost a positive fortune to replace.
Lord Lebedev may take flack for his low profile in the Lords since his ennoblement a year ago, but Mrs C is delighted to learn that like all sensible parliamentarians he appears to be an avid reader of her column. As she reported recently, the box containing his great seals had languished in an anteroom for weeks awaiting collection.
But within 48 hours of her report, our mole reveals they had been spirited away. Presumably to Lord L’s yacht from which, readers may recall with glee, he even delivered his maiden speech in absentia.
Which Conservative MP has been kicking up a fuss over the boundary review… not because his constituency is getting smaller, but because it is staying the same?
The MP heard rumours his home turf was being expanded into a rural haven with rolling hills, but to his distress it turns out there will be no change whatsoever.
Another silly Tory has been angling to get their friend and colleague a better office. Unsuccessful so far, they clearly had visions of Changing Rooms, barging into a currently occupied room and measuring up for curtains, leaving two incumbent interns agape.
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