20 JUNE 1987, Page 21

Safe deposit

VOTE of confidence in them all, from Kensington. The scene is a bank, on the morning after the election. Enter a lady customer, well turned out but with one non-matching accessory — a large bulging plastic carrier bag. A friend asks what she is doing. 'Oh, my dear, I'm bringing my jewels back to put into the bank. We thought that, if things had gone wrong, we might have had to drive straight to the airport.' Stand easy.