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Diary of a Notting Hill Nobody

Tamzin Lightwater

Wednesday, 5th March 2008

Oh dear. We lost the war of Obama buzzwords at the weekend. Now there’s an inquest to find out how Gordon managed to get compared to Barack before Dave.

Spent afternoon opening mail. More complaints about Boris’s haircut. Put them in Gids’s in-tray. Honestly, what was he thinking when he took him to the barbers?! Now everything hangs on whether we can grow his old hair back in time for polling day. We’ve called in the best from Daniel Galvin but nobody seems to be able to tell us what our chances are. Some sort of weave may be the only hope now.

Thursday

Gah! Poppy and Wonky Tom just received ‘save the date’ cards for Hunky Duncan’s wedding. Pretty sure I haven’t got one. I can’t miss the Civil Partnership of the Year! This may mean I have to finally agree to be Wonky T’s girlfriend so I can go as his Plus One. Nigel says it’s a genius move by Duncan. ‘That man knows how to stave off demotion in a reshuffle. Now he’s got a job for life.’ This is a good point. Maybe I should ask Poppy to take me to the wedding...?

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