I Have to Tell You Now That No Such Undertaking Has Been Received

Daveybloke's Cuddly Conservatives are following up Friday's diplomatic coup with a brusque assertion of their rights as absentee landlords over buildings that don't belong to them. Since twenty-six members of the EU have cut themselves loose from the mainstream, Daveybloke and his chums see no reason why they should be allowed to use EU institutions or buildings to conduct their nefarious business. That could lead to "a potential conflict of interest", according to a spokesbeing for the bloke who claims ultimate sovereignty over City regulation and is bankrolled by City gamblers. As to what Daveybloke and his Cuddly Conservatives would do if the pathetic remnants of the EU chose to defy this latest ultimatum, and perhaps even occupy twenty-six twenty-sevenths of a building or worse - well, we do have the Tony Olympics to think about, followed in short order by the firing-up of Werritty's War against the mullahs in Iran. Our boys will need some sort of practice at distinguishing decent from non-decent wogs when they deploy their aircraftless carriers and sandbank-friendly submarines. Doubtless no option is off the table, except a negotiated peace.