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Lollipop Lollipop

Bill Greenwell

Published 07 May 2001

"I presume they're not inviting me in to have a lollipop" - Lord John Taylor on being summoned to a meeting with the opposition chief whip in the Lords

Come in, sit down, would you

like a lollipop, John? Something to suck

on the end of this stick? Mind my

mongrel. Here, have this one:

something to soothe the native tongue.

We see you have been standing

in the middle of the road, and holding

a sign up. A lollipop, exactly.

Directing the children, like a cop,

like Kojak in fact. He was as bald

as William, and he licked a lollipop

whilst sounding his siren. It kept him

sweet. Here, have three. Shocking

business about Townend. Quite improper.

Here, have a gobstopper, too,

and some old English humbug. Good day.

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