While the big boys — Ozzy Osborne, Peter and the Tory beancounter — were having dinner with Derry (as those of us in the know call Oleg), the giants of UK public affairs were out by the helipad drinking in the late Mediterranean sun, like a little clutch of deckhands. (totalpolitics.com)
An expenses crisis loomed: did you upset the FT beancounters or risk disturbing the immaculately educated palate of your guest? (totalpolitics.com)