No! Non! Nyet!

In merrie England’s news today a Titanic clash of dunderheads has been settled, and a dunderhead has won. I’m referring to the battle to be Oxford University’s next Chancellor, where Lords Hague and Mandelson squared off for the right to acquire some new ceremonial robes. Lord Hague won and will now be granted the privilege of being a tyke at the Masters’ top table. Meanwhile loser Mandelson will be hoping to lick his wounds in the ambassador’s residence in Washington D.C. The question is, has he licked Starmer’s arse sufficiently to get this top diplomatic post when others more qualified are also in the frame? Perhaps Starmer should remember Peter’s twice forced departure from the Cabinet and his failure, when EU Trade Commissioner, to bring the WTO’s Doha ’development round’ to a successful conclusion. And Mandy’s suggestion that there may be a role for Nigel Fartage in representing UK interests in the U.S. surely disbars the ‘Snake’* from any role?
 
*Mandy’s nickname when he was at London Weekend Television, according to Matthew Parris.