UK appoints top ambassador to Norfolk.........

After frenzied speculation the foreign office has appointed a new ambassador to head up the United Kingdom’s diplomatic mission to Norfolk.
Speaking shortly after receiving news of his appointment, Sir Harvey Gilbert, 58, said ‘Although I recognise that there is a vast cultural divide between us, I’m looking forward to my stint in Norwich and will be up and running as soon as I get to grips with the language.’

Although he has travelled extensively across the globe, Sir Harvey, like most British Government officials, has never had cause to visit our near neighbour. ‘I appreciate it is close to our nation geographically,’ he said, ‘but, it’s hardly the sort of place you’d choose to go to unless you had to. Would you?’ Before adding diplomatically, ‘No offence.’

Inevitably, the new ambassador will come under pressure from local Government representatives to increase Norfolk’s allocation of foreign aid. Fears of invasion from the increasingly volatile Suffolk across their southern border may cause a rethink, especially as Suffolk has nuclear capability in the form of the Sizewell nuclear reactors.

Sir Harvey, replaces the last ambassador, Hugo Penfold-Smith. Accounts smuggled out of Norfolk suggest that Mr Penfold-Smith may have ‘gone native’ before a rescue bid could be launched. Sources suggest that the former envoy can often be seen standing at the Grapes Hill roundabout in Norwich in his official robes, chewing on a straw and waving at the cars as they go past.

Borrowed from Newsbiscuit

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