A footnote to a ministerial brief that was inadvertently read out in the House of Lords:

This is a rotten argument, but it should be good enough for their lordships on a hot summer afternoon.



This is a rotten argument, but it should be good enough for their lordships on a hot summer afternoon.

This is a rotten argument, but it should be good enough for their lordships on a hot summer afternoon.

This is a rotten argument, but it should be good enough for their lordships on a hot summer afternoon.

This is a rotten argument, but it should be good enough for their lordships on a hot summer afternoon.