Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for December 28, 2016

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Speaker: Lordships! Over a century ago, William Gladstone shouted to his archrival, Disraeli, "Sir! You shall come to your end either on a gallows or of venereal disease!" To which Disraeli is said to have replied, "I should think that depends entirely on whether I embrace your principles or your mistress." What is it we are being asked to embrace here? Thatcher, the mistress of vested interests, or her principles? Faith, it matters little! The only conscionable vote is... nay! Zonker: Only 1,195 to go. Duke: I say, why don't we pop up to Scotland until our turn?