Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:
The message
from (Nick Maclaren) contains these words:

What you want to grow is the Greater Gromboolian Cow-Muncher.
Only
the very biggest ones can eat even a calf, and they take a century
to grow to that size, so using a young one for the purpose you
envisage should work.

It is believed that the oldest and largest one in the UK is in the
Home Office, and is used to threaten Home Secretaries who show
signs
of a liberal disposition. Well-behaved ones are allowed to feed
it
with dissidents on special occasions, of course.

That's why they gave Blunkett the job - in the hope that he would
blunder into it, but luckily for him, he had a loyal dog...

Maybe we now know exactly what _really_ happened to Stonehouse.

--
Mike.