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[therealpm]

Message to: Machine

library(rev.funcs)
library(tunes)

whilst (now as.date(dd/mm/yy hh:mm:ss) <= 22/03/11 17:23:00)
{
   if (hh%/%2 == 1)
    { Bercow<-hangover(Bercow, ear.worm="Things Can Only Get Better", nausea=FALSE)}
   else
    {Bercow<-hangover(Bercow, ear.worm="I've Got A Little List", nausea=TRUE)}
}

Comments

[bamfbercow.livejournal.com]

There, all clean.

Yes, Oliver. Listen to Uncle Peter. Don't get used to me saying that.

Come on boys - who can clean up the most the fastest, hmm?

Jemima, go play with whatever it is Uncle Peter gave you.

[therealpm.livejournal.com]

"Listen to Uncle Peter"

Are you feeling quite alright, John?

[bamfbercow.livejournal.com]

I said don't get used to it.

[therealpm.livejournal.com]

How's the head?

[bamfbercow.livejournal.com]

Terrible, thank you.

This had better be gone by Wednesday.

[therealpm.livejournal.com]

You're far more stoic about it than you used to be, the experience is clearly beneficial.

[bamfbercow.livejournal.com]

I've simply come to realise that complaining about it does not grant me any mercy from you.

[therealpm.livejournal.com]

If only it were possible to extend that attitude to your many other trials and tribulations.

[bamfbercow.livejournal.com]

...Don't you have a secret document to try and keep out of the public eye?

[therealpm.livejournal.com]

...I'm not sure if it will not be more amusing to watch Cable go back on his previous statements and be forced to justify the secrecy of these documents.

[bamfbercow.livejournal.com]

Have you give any thought to what could broadly be described as 'the right thing to do'?

[therealpm.livejournal.com]

*rests chin on hand*

That's a somewhat leading question, John. I would say the broader issue is, as someone who is no longer in government, whether it would be appropriate for me to interfere with what is clearly a government issue. Now, if Cable decides that he wishes to stick to his pre-coalition pledges and reveal the documents then he is perfectly entitled to try and do so; he may run up against some resistance from his coalition partners, but I am afraid that is one of the perils of shared governance.

[bamfbercow.livejournal.com]

...a simple yes or no would have sufficed.

[therealpm.livejournal.com]

John, I would never have expected such a reductionist worldview coming from you.

[bamfbercow.livejournal.com]

It's not a product of a reductionist world view to want a clear answer, Peter.

[therealpm.livejournal.com]

I am simply rather surprised by the notion that you would place brevity over veracity.

[bamfbercow.livejournal.com]

I note you still haven't answered my original question.

[therealpm.livejournal.com]

Oh dear, have you got them on a list?

[bamfbercow.livejournal.com]

.

[therealpm.livejournal.com]

Thrilling as this conversation has been, I must be off. You might want to stand by with a replacement toy as Jemima's ball will vanish when I leave.

[bamfbercow.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the forewarning.