The singer suggested to Downing Street that an afternoon nap could improve productivity. No 10 said Britons would just spend the time in the pub
, Johnson “does look a lot of the time as if he is sleeping while standing up”.
So is the government now taking productivity advice from the seventh-placed contestant on 2015’s Strictly Come Dancing? Stranger things have happened, but no. Downing Street was reportedly having none of Andre’s decadent continental ways. Apparently, officials thought the Brits would be more likely to spend their siesta time drinking. “‘When they go the pub they can have quite a few drinks and they are not going to come back to work in the afternoon,’” Andre reported his unnamed Downing Street interlocutor had told him. “That was their reasoning … that the Brits will go to the pub.
Well, needs must: we don’t all have a wheely suitcase full of booze stashed next to the filing cabinet.I’m glad it’s not happening. I hate naps: you wake up groggy, dishevelledAre you sure you’re not already mistaking sleepy time for three swift pints?“Sorry, we can’t accommodate your holiday request, but how about 15 minutes in the corporate nap pod?”Topics
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