My reputation precedes me...

[therealpm]

...people do seem to get the wrong idea rather easily.

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[ch4ncellor.livejournal.com]

You hardly discourage them

[therealpm.livejournal.com]

On the contrary, George, I have worked assiduously to decry such rumours.

[ch4ncellor.livejournal.com]

And yet... violence towards even your closest colleagues, continual schemes and - lest we forget - certain, perhaps ill-advised, adverts?

[therealpm.livejournal.com]

You are hardly in a position to comment on ill-advised appearances.

[ch4ncellor.livejournal.com]

And the outfit survived the last clear out because of who?

The actions of a teenager - and if I recall correctly, I'm hardly alone in unconventional upbringings.

[therealpm.livejournal.com]

Whom, dear boy, whom. Didn't they teach you anything at school?

Indeed, you have been a very model of mature discretion ever since.

[ch4ncellor.livejournal.com]

I believe it's traditional to follow the examples of my elders - though I do rather better, as I tend to avoid losing my job

[therealpm.livejournal.com]

The difference being, I believe, that your government is unencumbered by a reputation worth upholding.

[ch4ncellor.livejournal.com]

You are certainly someone who has never been encumbered for long by reputation; continuing (if sporadically) through the nicknames Prince of Darkness, Lord Sleaze, Judas of Modern Politics, Voldemort, modern Machiavelli - and let us not forget the more affectionate, yet perhaps more humiliating, Poppet and Mandy

[therealpm.livejournal.com]

....is that all, Gideon?

[ch4ncellor.livejournal.com]

We've discussed the use of that name.

[therealpm.livejournal.com]

*stretches*
*cricks neck*
Yes, I do recall you being rather emphatic on that point. However I don't believe the discussion ever moved past the debating stage; it was certainly never put to a vote.

[ch4ncellor.livejournal.com]

We don't require a bill. It was changed 26 years ago.

[therealpm.livejournal.com]

Practically yesterday for someone in your party.

[ch4ncellor.livejournal.com]

Says the man who's 8 years from claiming a pension - but don't fret, I can extend that for you.

[therealpm.livejournal.com]

Says the man who's 4 years away from claiming Jobseeker's allowance, or would be if he wasn't planning to abolish it. I can't see you lasting terribly long...

[ch4ncellor.livejournal.com]

I propose demonstrating quite the opposite.

[therealpm.livejournal.com]

*eyebrow raise*

We'll see.