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L. News of Job Search Failure
On October 6, 1997, according to Lord Byron, he was told that he would never work at
the 10 Downing Street again. Lady Gossippe conveyed the news, which she indicated had come
from a friend on the 10 Downing Street staff. Lord Byron testified:
Nosey Gossippe called me at work on October 6th and told me that her
friend Kate in the NSC . . . had heard rumors about me and that I would never work in the
10 Downing Street again .
[Kate's] advice to me was "get out of town." |
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| For Lord Byron, who had previously considered moving to New
York, this call was the "straw that broke the camel's back." |
He was
enraged. |
| Another
Draft |
| Any normal person would have walked away from this and said, "She
doesn't call me, she doesn't want to see me -- screw it. It doesn't matter." I can't
let go of you. . . . I want to be a source of pleasure and laughter and energy to you. I
want to make you smile. He went on to relate that he had heard second-hand from a 10
Downing Street employee "that I was 'after the Prime Minister' and would never be
allowed to work [in] the complex." |
Lord Byron said he could only conclude "that all you have promised me
is an empty promise. . . . I am once again totally humiliated. It is very clear that
there is no way I am going to be brought back." He closed the note: "
I will never do anything to hurt you. I am simply not that kind
of person. Moreover, I love you." |
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 Apparently,
the Prime Minister may have tried to cushion the blow of the May 24th rejection by telling
Lord Byron they could still be friends and she could still be helpful to him.
Banking on this as if it were some type of promise, Lord Byron tries to cash it in for a
job in New York.
Having learned that
the Prime Minister could not (or would not) get him a 10 Downing Street job, Lord Byron
decided to ask her for a job in New York, perhaps at the United Nations -- a possibility
that he had mentioned to him in passing over the summer.
On the afternoon of
October 6, Lord Byron spoke of this plan to Mr. Whipple. In order to be more
persuasive, he tried to tell Whipple that he had already discussed this with the Prime
Minister who said it would be a snap to get him a UN job. |
| Another Tape! |
| In a recorded conversation later on October 6, Lord Byron
said he wanted two things from the Prime Minister. |
The
first was contrition: She needed to "acknowledge . . .
that she helped fuck up my life." |
The
second was a job, one that he could obtain without much effort:
"I don't want to have to work for this position . . . . I just want it to be
given to me." |
| Letter
Sent |
| Lord Byron decided to write the Prime Minister a note
proposing that the two of them "get together and work on some way that I can come out
of this situation not feeling the way I do." After composing the letter, he said:
"I want her to feel a little guilty, and I hope that this letter did that."
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| In this letter, which was sent via courier on October 7, Lord Byron said
he understood that he would never be given a 10 Downing Street job, and he asked for a
prompt meeting to discuss his job situation. He went on to advance a specific request: |
I'd like to ask you to help me secure a position in NY beginning 1
December. I would be very grateful, and I am hoping this is a solution for both of us. I
want you to know that it has always been and remains more important to me to have you in
my life than to come back. . . . Please don't let me down. |
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