Yes, John, we obviously come to this from very different perspectives, so back to the comp and your nimble Roman death precedent. (Though I must say I think Boris is a bit too mired and Maired at the moment to serve as a defence for John Major's risible if human hypocrisy.)
Roman Bathos
When soaring debts and bad reviews
Had sickened Scabro with the Muse,
He took a bath, to lyre and harp,
And then a stylus, razor-sharp . . .
O cream of Senecan conclusions!
The critics damned his last effusions.
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