
'I wish to inform the House that evil elves - a gang known as the Downing Street SPADs - put me under a spell and persuaded me that Mandelson should be our man in Washington,' a swivel-eyed Sir Keir Starmer told the Commons.
'Then they told the wicked goblins at the Foreign Office not to tell me the bleeding obvious - that he had come nowhere even close to passing security vetting.
'I know, it's incredible,' said Starmer, in response to howls of disbelief from across the chamber - including from himself. 'But you have to believe me.
'We will now be restructuring processes to redefine the role that civil service elves and goblins play when it comes to security vetting. Then everything will be back in order in Munchkinland.
'Hang on! Who are these men in white coats? Where are taking me?'





