Bliss was it in that dawn as Santa Brown dealt the dosh

So difficult to get the tone right on these occasions, isn't it?' the Queen once remarked as her then prime minister explained away a sterling crisis to sceptical voters on TV. Watching MPs struggling with their response to Frank Dobson after he had done his Big Spender's lap of honour ...

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