The back room of a pub, it’s packed to bursting with people in smart suits and dresses. They aren’t sad but the room is somber. A sign on the door says “Bob Jones’s Wake”, a discarded newspaper has the headline “Bob Jones Police Commissioner Dies”.
One chap nearest us is saying: “where were all these lot on election day?”
Author: Jon Bounds
Jon was voted the ‘14th Most Influential Person in the West Midlands’ in 2008. Subsequently he has not been placed. He’s been a football referee, venetian blind maker, cellar man, and a losing Labour council candidate: “No, no chance. A complete no-hoper” said a spoilt ballot. Jon wrote and directed the first ever piece of drama performed on Twitter when he persuaded a cast including MPs and journalists to give over their timelines to perform Twitpanto. But all that is behind him.
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