Tuesday, 30 October 2018

NO MORE DIPLOMATIC EXTRAVAGANZAS, PLEASE!

DIPLOMATIC RECEPTION AT TOWN HALL

 A few years back Sir Merrick Pooter-Cockell thought it would be fun to institute a lavish annual reception at the Town Hall for the Diplomatic Corps.

The more prescient of the Dames' readers might wonder why Prime Minister Cockell was doing the job of our Foreign Secretary. 
Anyway, the Dame heard social interaction between 
Their Excellencies Accredited to the Court of St James's and our councillors was somewhat strained: it seemed that the diplomats were struggling to make conversation with our councillors....some even wondered about the purpose of the evening...apart from massaging the fragile ego of Cockell. 

The only purpose could be to castigate certain 'excellencies from sandy places'  about their people racing around our streets in their vile cars making our lives hell.

 Anyway, we hope Barry Quirk tells councillors...."sorry, you lot, Ferrero Rocher is off the menu this year"

8 comments:

  1. Resident30 October 2018 at 12:57

    Is this appalling waste of Council Tax still continuing? I hope not.

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  2. SadBadger30 October 2018 at 15:02

    I am astonished that any of the diplomats bothered with such a low level gig. Attending a Council reception? Uggggh.. and even worse, meeting all the puffed up, deluded Councillors. Let's hope this wasteful event is no longer on Dr Quirk's agenda

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    1. Polite Comment30 October 2018 at 22:30

      Dizzy loves to puff but only if word gets back to her Sloane Square set. Unlikely that her local airheads will have any contact with the usual East European and Asian Diplomatic dross in the Royal Borough so she is probably not fussed.

      The Quirk should forget to send out invitations and save the hard earned Council Tax payers some grief.

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    2. SadBadger31 October 2018 at 00:47

      Let's hope so.

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  3. A Hornet31 October 2018 at 14:10

    In the past the Councillors loved this shindig. A big jolly for them. And the minor Tories felt they were in heaven at a Party with DIPLOMATS. Even though the countries represented usually needed to be Gooogled to find out where they are.

    Hopefully the new Tory Councillors (the "Newborns") will not encourage this kind of frippery.

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  4. Anonymous31 October 2018 at 15:15

    Sadly, most of the embassies we gave in our Borough represent countries one doesn't want one's gap year daughter sending postcards from.

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    1. Lord Kensington31 October 2018 at 16:20

      This has always been my suspicion. We insisted that the grandchildren spent their gap year in Australia and South Africa

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  5. Anonymous31 October 2018 at 15:16

    Some of the diplomats were so mystified by the invite they actually thought that the cllrs were people of influence!

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