The summer sun of Britain rarely drives away the dampness of London, but St. James Street, this path to the heart of the powerful, is always dry and tidy.
After all, every carriage from Buckingham Palace to Parliament has to pass through this street, and the leather boots and wheels of the upper-class gentlemen fear nothing more than mud.
The Carlton Club is as quiet as usual today. Serving as the headquarters for the Conservative Party's election committee, August has never been the liveliest time for Carlton.
Those lords of the House of Lords are either returning home for a vacation or have gone to Windsor.
The newly elected young Conservative Lower House Members also finally get a chance to let loose after the election campaign ended.
