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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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As seen by Catherine Bennett

Let's play Eton Fives in No 10's garden

Well I said to Mummy I know it is incredible that it has never been done even by, like, literally anyone, even though the garden wall is completely long enough, Llewellyn has measured it, so Dave has got this new policy team because for a decent game they need at least one OE per two civilians? So of course the Wollastoner has gone into OE-witchhunt mode, Dave is like, whatevs, at least we can train properly but Jesse Norman is already being tricky about Johnson Minor being so wet? Dave is like, be fair to him Norman, he married a lefty, plus not everyone has your amaze rhetorical gifts, at least Johnson is plucky & competitive & familiar with fresh air which is more than you can say for putrid old Welby, as in last game they had to throw him at the wall and kick him a few times to get him going! All just banter obvs, you could hear the screams from the flat *puts on MEN! face* and basically Dave is right IMO, if you are basically a caged animal for anything up to one morning a week, getting outside where nobody can bother you is an essential stress-reliever.

I mean poor Govey has never even been near the school except that time the Bullers blindfolded him and left him in a sack on the chapel steps, but now even he says Norman is right & until we insist on wall game facilities in every academy there can never be a public service ethos outside Eton? Llewellyn is like, duh, don't forget they'll need rhetoric as well Govey, you priceless ass, & Norman is like, Govey you loser, do you seriously hope to instil old-fashioned principles without adequate school fees, and Young is like, and don't let girls in, you ethicless northern twat, or they'll ruin everything? Dave says what about waistcoats, nb, and Llewellyn says, AND tailcoats & Letwin is like, I would rather be nibbled to death by 1,000 illiterate catamites than see my children educated in "lounge suits", what do YOU think, Johnson mi? Johnson was like, actually it is the people not called Johnson I feel sorry for? Norman was like, so remind me, WHAT kind of car does your father drive?

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