Our doughty mole has unearthed more secret transcriptions from the Ministry ….
Hello Perkins! Let’s get to it!
Get to what, Sir?
Perkins – there’s a mini-crisis …..
There usually is, Sir …..
We have a stark, difficult choice ahead of us.
Oh, Dear, Sir – not again.
Yes, Perkins. I know that choice is not something we prefer to face, but there it is.
But why has it come to this, Sir?
Cuts, Perkins – The IMF are about to be called in so the PM – I mean the Chancellor – has been forced to make some cuts.
Oh Dear, Sir. But how does this affect us?
Well, you know those consultants that were called in?
You mean those on £100,000 a day plus bonus, Sir?
Yes, that’s them! By Jove don’t you admire this dynamic synergy between public and private, Perkins!!
Well ….
Anyway, after weeks of in-depth research they’ve narrowed it down for us to a clear choice, which certainly saves us some head-banging, I must say.
And this choice is ……?
Well, we either buy more flak jackets for the men on front-line duty in Iraq or we pay the MOD mandarins a bonus.
Oh Dear so – but surely it’s a no-brainer?
What do you mean, Perkins?
Well, we must protect our men, Sir!
Perkins, sometimes I worry about you …….
By Chris Snuggs
Learning from Dogs 