The two House of Parliament – that is the House of Lords and the House of Members of Parliament (MPs) – have for long years had a choir whose members are drawn from their ranks.
This year they are scheduled to perform “The Messiah” but they feel they must change some of the words. It is not that they are politically incorrect or may offend someone in the audience.
The problematic phrase is “we are sheep gone astray.”
In the light of the as-yet-unresolved scandal involving sometimes hundreds of thousands of dollars fraudulently claimed by individual MPs, choir members are afraid that the audience might stand up and cheer at this admission of guilt.
I’m serious. I’m not making this up.
