‘Drink, Jack?’
‘No thanks, Bonzo, I’m working.’
‘Working?’ his eyebrows went up. ‘Can I ask?’
‘You can, and one time I might have told you,’ and they both laughed as the current Home Secretary came up to them.
‘Jane Austin, I was warned to expect an unsubtle entrance, but at least you are not covered in mango.’ Jack related to Bonzo, that Theresa Green had visited him in hospital after he had been blown up in an Asian supermarket. He had ended up covered in squashed mango and had used every expletive he could think of over the live Home Office video link to insult Bill Vague, whom he mistakenly thought was Home Secretary.
‘Gnome Secretary…’ and Theresa joined in the frivolity and bonhomie which frustrated the security men even more.
Jack whispered in Theresa’s ear, gesturing with his
