Norman's Lament

YOU are to play the part of NORMAN LAMENT ... ex-member of Parliament ... having just lost your seat in the "House Of Commons" following the recent publication of the "Boundary Commission's" findings and the resultant by-election that followed.

Although your name has been put forward in several so-called "safe" constituencies for consideration, so far you have not even managed to get yourself onto any of the "short lists". However, all is not lost. The PRIME MINISTER, in his supreme wisdom, has decreed that a "safe" seat be set up for all politicians who have lost their own seats in the recent boundary "shake-up". This seat to he given to the person who comes top in a newly devised selection test - a test with a difference.

This test bas been devised by BRAINWAVE LTD ... the company responsible for highly successful tests run by the Civil service ... and is almost certain to produce the ideal candidate for the proposed "safe" seat. In a few instances a small modicum of "help" will be available but for the vast majority of the time you will be basically on your own. May the best man or woman win - GOOD LUCK!!!