The Shadow of the Soul
“The Prime Minister hadn’t waited for him, and Abigail wasn’t surprised. The mood had changed since the bombs, and as Alison McDonnell’s previously firm hold on the country was loosening, so the tension that surrounded her slowly tightened. People were grieving, angry and afraid, and the disruption caused by the damage to the Underground system was not helping the already fraught economic situation. And then there was the cost of repairs: Britain might have reached an agreement with the French a...bout leaving the Chunnel closed, but London needed her tube lines working.
Now that the initial mourning period was over, the vultures on the Opposition benches were gathering, even after the explosions in Russia, and the PM was going to have to come up with some answers soon. Russia was too far away for anyone to care about. Since the world economy had begun to crumble, people had become more selfish. Charity began at home. The noose might not yet be around her neck, but McDonnell knew it was dangling above her somewhere, and she’d lost a little of her natural calm.MoreLess
Now that the initial mourning period was over, the vultures on the Opposition benches were gathering, even after the explosions in Russia, and the PM was going to have to come up with some answers soon. Russia was too far away for anyone to care about. Since the world economy had begun to crumble, people had become more selfish. Charity began at home. The noose might not yet be around her neck, but McDonnell knew it was dangling above her somewhere, and she’d lost a little of her natural calm.MoreLess
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