Wilks sat being pampered by Olivia while Annabel and Jim watched Roberts’ speech on the big stretch.
“Sanctions, oil prices, exchange rates, increased need for military spending and the international left trying to weaken our country’s economy are all challenges this government has had to confront,” he said. “We want to live at peace with the world and I have almost committed suicide trying to keep other nations happy by meeting their demands for our quota of the refugees which keep flooding into the region.”
Jim thought that all that was missing were floods of crocodile tears.
“Our continued need for military spending is a consequence of the nuclear legacy. Too many of the weapons from the old superpowers are in the hands of small unstable states and terrorist organisations. We would b
