Hear Hear

It was his mum. The only explanation is that ......it was his mum

We had, after the 'Conservative Party Conference', a banner headline in the Sutton Observer. It was on Page 10, which indicates that they knew it was from his mum. But it said 'Standing Ovation for Sutton MP'

Now I will defer to no one in my admiration for the forensic debating skills of our boy. I am absolutely certain that Andy gave his spot a good wellying - shook it to death - nailed it to the wall.

But the brave history of the Tory Party has seldom indeed thrilled to the intricate harmonies of the debate on Overseas Aid.

Even this year, one of the broadsheets reported sadly that the Conference Hall was ill attended - Tories are not natural givers, organising charity on a super national scale is not an activity which automatically brings a glow to the blue rinse.

At this point I'm going to hold my hand up. Nightwatchman was not there. But he entertains a natural scepticism that Andy wowed the old dears quite as magnificently as the report implies.

So..........Easy. It was his mum.

Sutton Observer avoids any serious conflict by publishing the release, but put it on Page 10 to indicate the unreliability of the source.

And there is another clue.

Andy went for the angle on 'Oppression and Accountability'. This is as bad a tactical error as the Walmley Cricket Club debacle.

Everybody in Town knows Andy makes most of his wedge from his living in the City. There was once an attempt to establish exactly what proportion of his income came from Parliament and how much from other sources. It failed.


The cunning plan had been to work out how much of his time we justified.

Never found out.

So whoever wrote the Press Release ‘Standing Ovation………..’ needs an urgent seminar on subjects to be avoided at all costs.

Cricket is not good.
Criticising ‘Culture of Secrecy’ not great for a multi-talented but essentially discreet City Boy.

And whats more……. they forgot the photo.

Best do it yourself Andy. No room for sentimentality at the top.



Nighwatchman