Wednesday, 22 April 2009
Tradition and modernity
That mixture is always present in British politics. I was in the House of Lords yesterday and an official resplendent in his scarlet uniform swept past on a motability scooter, doffing his top hat to my companion and saying, 'Good day, my lord'. But in the restaurant they were serving iced coffee. I had tea and crumpets which were excellent.
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I knew you wouldn't be able to resist writing your blog :)
But only intermittently and not systematically.
That's good to hear because the last time I was wandering around parliament, Charles Kennedy was complaining about the food to a builder. It turned out that they had moved one of the Lords' canteens to a mobile shed - not bad chicken kiev and chips give the circumstances...
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