Complicated Things

The recent developments to the Kitchen Situation –  helpfully labelled the Suitcase Situation – certainly warranted an urgent Cabinet meeting. Sitting in the dashingly furnished Cabinet Office, accidental Prime Minister Lucy Wastell was in fact somewhat grateful that such exigent ameliorations presented themselves when they did. The earlier commotion  had disturbed the slumbering Tony Blair, who … More Complicated Things

Terrorist In A Trilby

The kitchen is filled with the obnoxious stench of something unearthly and an ominous hush. The Deputy Prime Minister sits on high among the saucepans, surveying the scene before him with some ferocity. And it is indeed an odd scene, even in these strange times. “Terry!” hisses Lucy. “Get down from there!” Lucy has had … More Terrorist In A Trilby

The Kitchen Situation

Wow. This carpet is incredible. I can feel it through my shoes. And these are bloody good shoes. Pacing the floor of what used to be the director’s boardroom is Lucy Wastell, the accidental Prime Minister of East Anglia. Election by lottery was an unusual and unexpected Government-forming method following the reformation of the United … More The Kitchen Situation