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The Home Secretary Addresses the Prime Minister
Owen Gallagher
Everything is as we found it, Prime Minister;
the Red Box containing the Budget, his hip-flask
and BlackBerry; no good-bye letter; nothing sinister.
It’s as if he was summoned to be taken to task
by the patron saint of tax collectors, St. Matthew.
The duty officer said he was in good spirits
when he entered number eleven. The staff who
assist have been interviewed. There have been no hits
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