There is a set of stairs in the mother of all Parliaments. At the top is the committee corridor, and the office of the leader of the Liberal Democrats. In the middle, is the MP’s tea room, and at the bottom, is the most popular restaurant in the palace. It is a busy set of stairs.
There is a member of the cabinet, a prominent member of the cabinet, who cannot open a door.
Parliament has many doors that require a swipe card to pass through them. Helpfully, our swipe cards come with a big black arrow on the side that you should swipe, indicating the direction in which one swipes it.
Thus I stood behind said cabinet member as they, standing at the entrance to the bottom of the aforementioned stairs, tried once… twice.. and when they were going to do it wrong for the third time, your bemused blogger deferentially murmered, “may I, Secretary of State?” and opened the blasted door for them.
That person is responsible for rather a lot of money. We should live in fear.
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