‘Isn’t a man allowed privacy in his own home?’ Vanessa watched the aircraft whirr off down the hill. ‘I don’t think they’re interested in us.’ ‘Oh.’ His face fell. ‘What the hell’s going on, then?’ He’d just come inside, complaining about his sunbathing being spoiled by the constant stream of aircraft overhead. ‘I’m going to put Sky News on,’ Vanessa said. Immediately she saw there were chaotic scenes on Beeversham High Street. The place was jammed with news trucks and press milling about. ‘BEEVERSHAM MP ARRESTED AFTER DRUNKEN RAMPAGE’ was the headline scrolling across the bottom of the screen. A reporter was doing a live broadcast from outside the mini market. ‘The picturesque Cotswold town of Beeversham is in shock today after its MP, Jonty Fortescue-Wellington, went on a drunken rampage in a House of Commons bar in the early hours. After drinking heavily all afternoon, witnesses say Mr Fortescue-Wellington became violent and attacked several Labour MPs in the infamous Strangers Bar, including delivering a roundhouse kick to the head of the MP for West Gilbey, Steven Dawdry.
