More Bedroom Action

Posted on by Lucy Brazier

In the Prime Minister’s bedroom, King Boris and Nigel Farage were once again going through her drawers. This time, though, they were looking for her hats. The Prime Minister was famed for her elaborate and extensive hat collection, coincidentally acquired very soon after she moved into Number Ten. It was a passion shared by Dr Martens and, oddly, Sir Edd. At Cabinet meetings there were often more hats present than people. But that is beside the point. Boris and Nigel – now very much at home in the private quarters of their gracious host – had emptied every drawer and cupboard before finally finding the hats in the large ottoman at the foot of the bed. There were also some receipts and poems she had written whilst drunk, but they were only really interested in the hats.

“Bloody hell! She’s got an awful lot of hats!” exclaimed Nigel, elbow-deep in headwear.

“Too many hats spoil the hair, that’s what I always say,” grumbled Boris. “She could have a buggering battalion of bonce-adorners but it won’t be worth a jot if she hasn’t got the two we need… Aha!”

Boris jumped to his feet, proudly brandishing a deer stalker and a bowler hat. He forced the first onto his own head and offered Nigel the bowler. It had been Boris who had insisted on the hat hunt, but he hadn’t quite explained why it was so necessary. Nigel saw little point in arguing and, besides, Boris’ plans were the stuff of legend. Unfortunately, there was one, small consideration that had been overlooked during the execution of this particular plan. Boris and Nigel had considerably larger heads than the dainty Prime Minister.

The hats clung to their heads with a combination of squashing, balancing and will-power. Actually, Boris was carrying his off quite well.

“And there we have it!” cried Boris, as if this was somehow supposed to make sense to poor Nigel, who was beginning to feel like he needed a drink. “Don’t you see it?!”

Nigel silently sucked his gums. Did he even really want to see it?

“Look alive, Nige, look alive!” Boris threw his hands up in the air. “These hats, you see! The hats have it. Holmes and Watson, isn’t it? Crikey. We’re going to solve the murder of that bastard Tony Blair, of course!”

Nigel now knew that he most definitely needed a drink.

“I don’t see how very small hats are going to help us solve a murder,” huffed Nigel. “Anyway, why do we have to solve the murder? Wing Commander Tom is all over it. We should just sit around and get pissed and wait to be questioned.”

“The problem, old boy, with leaving the investigation in the hands of the bloody punt-pushers is that  there is every likelihood that they will turn up the wrong conclusion.”

“What makes you say that?” asked Nigel.

“Look. You know as well as I do that Blair was worth more to us alive than dead,” Boris folded his arms and began to inspect the ceiling. “But I don’t trust that Tommy-Tom-Tom fellow, I tell you. No. The course ahead is illuminated before us and we have no option but to tackle it. We must find out who really killed Blair and string them up like peasants at a hog roast!”

Nigel was unsure about just about every element of Boris’ speech, but he was absolutely certain that following illuminated paths was not the only option. Unless they led to the bar, in which case – full steam ahead, captain!

“But what about the peace treaty?” asked Nigel with as much sincerity as he could muster. “Buddying-up with this lot could be incredibly beneficial. You know, together we could soon become the most powerful kingdoms in England and then, you know, the world really is our oyster. Well, just an England-shaped oyster to begin with but, obviously, then the world.”

There was a strange silence as Boris regarded Nigel for a moment, one corner of his mouth twisting upwards. He threw back his head and barked out laughter that put Nigel in mind of mating wildebeest.

“Well, of course we’re not going to do that!” snorted Boris. “Cripes! No, that constitutes far too much work entirely. Deus nobis haec otis fecit, as Virgil might say. In fact he did say that. You see, I know what I’m talking about. We’re far better off sitting in our big houses, feasting and fornicating – both at once! – growing our behinds to gargantuan proportions and the like. And, let’s face it, both you and I are close to the hole so we might as well make the most of our time on the mortal coil.”

There was a time when Nigel would have agreed with him without hesitation. But the long, cold years living in a tree had taught Nigel a thing or two.

“Yes, but what about the people?”

“I expect they will carry on much as before,” Boris replied. “Some a little richer, some a little poorer; it all works out overall, you see.”

“That may very well be true,” said Nigel. “But I rather liked the idea of being the ones to reunite the good old British Isles. Especially as it was mostly our fault for it falling apart in the first place.”

Boris responds with a bob of his head.

“That is one thing, but Oxford and Cambridge are quite another,” Boris’ tone was utterly serious. “One must not go interfering with such fundamental aspects of all that is decent. Non nostrum inter vos tantas componere lites.”

Nigel’s eyebrows collided above the bridge of his nose. Before Boris could reply, it became evident that they had company.

“’Tis not for us to end such great disputes. Good evening Your Highness, Mr Farage.”

“Bloody hell, Eddie, you could make a chap wish he had put on his brown trousers,” squawked Boris. “Everyone around here moves like a bloody ninja, I tell you.”

Sir Edd winced. Not only had the title been dropped, but now the first name had been brutalised also.

“Forgive me, but I couldn’t help over-hearing your intentions towards the Blair investigation,” ignoring the slight, Sir Edd continued. “I think I may be able to offer some small, humble assistance in your noble endeavour.”

“How long have you been listening, for christ’s sake?!” Nigel squealed.

Sir Edd grinned.

“Oh, quite awhile.”

“What do you want from us, Sir Edd?” hissed Boris.

Sir Edd grinned again.

“I can assure you that my intentions are entirely honourable, Your Highness…”

“I should bloody well think they are, you bugger! You’re not my type at all.”

“No, I mean that there is no ulterior motive to my proposal, “ Sir Edd said, quickly. “And, seeing as the Prime Minister is engaged most assiduously at the Botanical Gardens for what is likely to be a protracted period of time, I thought you might like to take the opportunity to further your inquiries.”

“The Prime Minister isn’t here?” Nigel arched an eyebrow.

“That’s right,” Sir Edd replied. “Wing Commander Tom, too.”

“Well! This is a break in the weather, wouldn’t you say, Nigel? And you say you can help us?”

“Yes indeed,” Sir Edd was in his element. “There is someone I very much think you should talk to.”

44 thoughts on “More Bedroom Action”

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  2. “buggering battalion of bonce-adorners”

    Awesome!!!

    This is excellent! I actually laughed out loud in my office when Edd appeard 😀

    I am pleased that the hats are getting some action too!! 😀

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    1. Boris is an excellent excuse for me to indulge in my over-enthusiasm for protracted alliteration! I am going to have to find a way to get Boris into everything I ever write 🙂
      Woohoo! I feel really bad that Edd has turned out to be so sinister. Perhaps he is just misunderstood 😉
      There genuinely were more hats than people on that set for the video trailer. It was a veritable hat-fest!

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      1. hahaha I like your Boris much better than the real one…maybe you should apply for the job of scripting his life…
        that must be a real job right??

        There absolutely were more hats than people…and there were pretty fine hats too 😀 this is a tradition we should keep up…with some random and obscure hats just strewn about the place…

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      2. Imagine how much better things would be if we could replace real Boris with my Boris… although scripting lives sounds very fun. I really hope that’s a job, I would definitely be a life-scripter 🙂
        Yes! There should be gradually more and more hats until you can’t see us at all – just a giant pile of hats and us talking behind them 😀

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      3. I life scripter is definitely a job…well…it certainly should be and i suspect it would only take one person to start a trend!!

        Yes..Just a heap of hats with occasional appendages appearing from behind it…

        which…just for clarity…should be arms and legs… 😀

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      5. oh yes…once we have convinced them that our words are the most important by providing them with bernards, I am sure we can get anything in… 😀

        hmmm yes…

        we might need a sign…
        “Warning stray appendages about…do not feed”

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      6. Oh, glad to see that the Bernard Select Committee is gaining new members! This is clearly the way to world domination and the dictionary shall be the first of many conquests!
        Oh my – DO NOT FEED THEM!

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      7. I suspect I could get a few members of the Bernard select committee out of Mythago…we’d have to watch Martin closely as he is a prolific bernardeater!

        Really DO NOT FEED THEM!!
        you just never know what might happen!! O_O

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      2. Everyone suspects Terry the cat! Mind you, he certainly has the temperament. I doubt even Boris & Nigel will dare tackle him.
        It’s so difficult keeping track of everything when it is serialised – I will make the whole thing available in one chunk just before I post the ‘big reveal’ at the end. That way, those that choose to can go through and look for clues.

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      6. I have the basics laid out in my head, so it works as a whodunnit, but I like to keep an open mind about ow everything will tie up in the end. Let’s just hope I don’t mess it up. If I do, I’ll just end it with a huge nude scene or something 😉

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  13. Inquiring minds want to know: I’m reading about all these hats, but I’m curious about their keeping. Where are all the hat boxes? Proper hats need proper hat boxes – stacked to the rafters, like at my house.
    xx,
    mgh
    (Madelyn Griffith-Haynie – ADDandSoMuchMore dot com)
    – ADD Coach Training Field founder; ADD Coaching co-founder –
    “It takes a village to educate a world!”

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      1. Serious melanoma survivor here, so when my doc said NO sun ever again, I took him at his word and began collecting hats & wearing them any time I went outside my doors. Any excuse, right? And, of course, I needed to collect hat boxes to contain my habit. 🙂

        A hat *collection* seemed essential in fashionable New York, where how you look seems to matter more and you walk outside for miles every day – but once a hat person, always a hat person.

        Except for the dressy hats (which rarely get worn anymore in this oh-so-sweatpants city where I live now), 😦 mine only get homes during their off season – stacked when possible.

        Winter hats currently live on hooks in the hall – mostly, that is. 🙂 I wouldn’t have so many if I’d started the habit anywhere but NYC, but I can’t see my way clear to getting rid of ANY of them yet.
        xx,
        mgh

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      2. Getting rid of them is impossible! I don’t have any fancy hats as such, there is little opportunity for a lady such as myself to wear them, but luckily in my village and in Cambridge itself hats are very much a thing. From battered, elderly examples to the shiny top hats of the Proctors (super high-level Porters that are sort of like the University police force) many a head is adorned with something or other. It is a delight!
        Xx

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