Hattersley harbours ferocious killer

From: The Independent - London | Date: November 21, 1996| Author: Michael Streeter | Copyright information

The last time the Labour MP and former minister Roy Hattersley declined to appear for a public engagement, the producers of BBC2's satirical Have I Got News For You memorably replaced him with a tub of lard.

Yesterday, when the eloquent elder statesman exercised his right not to appear at Bow Street Magistrates, central London, there was no obvious cooking material on show; but the culinary theme was kept alive in a hearing dominated by a dead goose.

The bird in question was an i...

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