No, but he is was apparently desperate to leave and is furious he wasn't allowed to do so.

A little white lie like that helps with the PR a little and makes it more difficult for him to kick up a stink.

"We would have let you go Charlie, but we couldn't find Bert & Elsie, by the time we'd got them out of the bingo it was gone 11. Sorry mate, you can go in the summer."

Posted By: jafski, Feb 1, 13:34:50