Despite my very best endeavours the judges of this year's Women in Public Life Awards have chosen to ignore my personal nomination and opted instead for a trio of inferior local government fillies sadly lacking in Jill's excellent pedigree stock. The lady on the left is Joanna Gardner, currently Mayor of Kensington and Chelsea. She seems to have been nominated by one of her titled relatives. Well we in the Liberal Democrats strongly disapprove of such favouritism at the top. That is why - when this award was announced last November - I urged all of you to get involved in putting our Jill at the top of the pile because of her conspicuous contribution to the well-being of Somerset life. So what went wrong? An inquiry is to be held at the very highest level and there may be moves to have the awards declared null and void. I, for one, am bitterly disappointed on Jill's behalf and intend to whisk her away on a refreshing trip to my beloved France where she may, at last, discover the property bargain of her dreams in which to spend a happy retirement.
9 years ago
