Is this a sign of things to come? Issued with marching orders from the MoD to Communities and Local Government, the former TA officer Mark Francois was seen yomping through Portcullis House, with a flunky trailing behind carrying his possessions. The haul included a rifle range combat target of a soldier, riddled with bullet holes. Conservatives emboldened by their majority intend to take no political prisoners.
Several MPs quietly declined offices near Alex Salmond, I hear. The Tartan Chieftain has installed himself at 1 Parliament Street. Potential tenants were shown rooms and a number of MPs, muttered the informant, rejected offices as soon as the guides explained who their neighbour would be. Perhaps they worried Salmond would be forever popping in for a glass of pink champagne.
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