{"id":769,"date":"2010-12-05T12:30:38","date_gmt":"2010-12-05T12:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.macnovel.org.uk\/?p=769"},"modified":"2010-12-05T17:02:27","modified_gmt":"2010-12-05T17:02:27","slug":"the-paradox-of-the-dishy-russian-researcher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.macnovel.org.uk\/?p=769","title":{"rendered":"The Paradox of the Dishy Russian Researcher"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was wondering whether I had something of a plausibility gap in the premise of ‘Burying Bad News’ as I have an MP with an attractive young, Eastern European aide (though mine, Ana, comes from Latvia, which is inside the EU and makes her eligible to work here without a visa). But splashed all over the papers today is something a lot juicier from real life than how my plot is set up. As the Sun\u00c2\u00a0inimitably\u00c2\u00a0describes the story<\/a>:<\/p>\n

A DISHY Russian who worked as a British MP’s aide is facing deportation as a suspected spy.\u00c2\u00a0Sexy Katia Zatuliveter, 25 – employed in the House of Commons as an assistant – is understood to have been detained after a lengthy investigation.<\/span><\/h3>\n

So maybe not so good from the perspective of originality but certainly good for plausibility. It gives me more reason to complete this novel once I’ve done a first draft of The Angel — although the two are connected by literary connecting doors as it is. Sally turned up in The Angel in my reading at the workshop yesterday.<\/p>\n

On a politically-themed tangent I’ve just seen David Cameron’s signature in the guest book of our local church. He visited the two local churches on Tuesday 30th November — putting his address as Chequers — which is only on the other side of the hill.<\/p>\n

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Signature in Church Visitor Book<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I also bumped into the Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, on Friday night — he’s our local MP and was in Princes Risborough for the turning-on of the Christmas lights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was wondering whether I had something of a plausibility gap in the premise of ‘Burying Bad News’ as I have an MP with an attractive young, Eastern European aide (though mine, Ana, comes from Latvia, which is inside the EU and makes her eligible to work here without a visa). But splashed all over … <\/p>\n

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