The mirror crack’d

EMMA THOMPSOn: ‘Mirror, mirror on the wall, i’ve been offered a damehood, but can’t accept it without seeming to compromise my socialist ideals. What should i do?’

Mirror: ‘Hmm, tricky. On reflection, shouldn’t you just refuse it?’

Emma: ‘Don’t be absurd, mirror! i know — i’ll make a joke of it and say it’s no more than accepting a nice badge and at the same time make some fatuous comment about the appalling british Empire. That way,

I can accept it and still retain my political credibility.’

Mirror: ‘Don’t you think the public will see through that and think you’re just another hypocritical, Left-wing luvvie who puts self-aggrandisement before principle?’ Loud smashing sound. JEFF POTTER, Yateley, Hants.