她分配了衬衫的数字,然后转向下一个奖项。这是一组由汉密尔顿和英寸制成的六只鱼刀和叉子,对某人来说是非常英俊的奖品。这将在保守的职能中很受欢迎,但在工党活动中将没有用。她认为,他们不知道使用鱼刀和叉子,并且使用了相同的餐具。那是问题的一部分。当然,自由民主党人知道什么是鱼刀和叉子,但假装他们不在乎!自由主义伪君子,萨沙。
(She assigned the shirt a number and turned to the next prize. This was a set of six fish knives and forks, made by Hamilton and Inches, and a very handsome prize for somebody. This would be popular at a Conservative function, but would be useless at a Labour Party event. They had no idea, she believed, of the use of fish knives and forks and used the same cutlery for everything. That was part of the problem. The Liberal Democrats, of course, knew what fish knives and forks were all about, but pretended they didn't care! Liberal Hypocrites, thought Sasha.)
在亚历山大·麦考尔·史密斯(Alexander McCall Smith)的“苏格兰街44号”的这段话中,角色精心组织了一个活动的奖品,为每个项目分配了数字。奖品包括一组优雅的鱼刀和叉子,她认识到这将在一个保守的聚会上受到赞赏,但在劳动活动中不适合,这表明社会习俗存在分歧。角色反映了不同政党如何对餐饮礼节具有不同的态度。
她认为工党成员不知道专业餐具的重要性,使用通用餐具对所有餐点来说,同时认识到自由民主党人意识到,但故意淡化了他们的知识。这一观察结果使她将自由主义者标记为虚伪,表现出她对特征政治隶属关系的借口和社会区别的挫败感。