John Terry… “I did not use the words attributed to me, but I may have sworn in the exchange. I have apologised to the person concerned for the lack of respect I showed and I now just want to be left alone to get on with the very important job I have got to do.”
Oh, no, sorry. That wasn’t John Terry, it was Andrew Mitchell!
Good grief, you’re getting witty in your old age, Counciller. Anyway, a pair of natural-born yobs between whom one could not squeeze a fag paper!
You may have missed this but a recording has emerged of David Cameron reprimanding Andrew Mitchell following his contretemps with a Downing Street policeman last week. The recording reveals the following:
“Really Andrew, I’m surprised at you, you know better than that.
Believe me, I understand how tiresome it is when the peasants try to impose their silly rules on us but you’ve just got to smile and go along with it, you know how tetchy they can get.
And if you upset them, they’ll start saying we’re just a bunch of posh boys. I know it’s ridiculous but that’s what they’ll say.
Worse than that, you’ll get no work out of them, I know!
(sighs)
Honestly, I don’t know what the world’s coming to but there it is, there’s nothing we can do, you just have to smile and put up with it.
Now cut along to your dorm and do your prep.
Oh, and send Clegg in on your way out, will you?”
(Pause, followed by a distant knock)
“Ah, Clegg. (testily) Don’t slouch boy and take your hands out of your pockets!
Now, about this pop record you’ve made…….(tape fades away)”.