Pall Mall clubrooms buzzed last week with the story that a woman, with the full consent of the Labor Government, had taken a bath in the House of Commons. Buzzing was louder when it was learned that a prominent Cabinet Minister had practically demanded that the bath be taken. The facts:
Beside libraries, restaurants, cocktail bars and royal robing rooms, there exist in the mazes of the Houses of Parliament a number of bathrooms, complete with tubs and towels, for the benefit of statesmen who wish to purify themselves between debates. Several months ago...
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