It would be as though I were robbed in my own home, as though, like everyone else, I knew who the robber was and as though a Conservative member negotiated with the robber and told him he could keep the television set and the cutlery.
C'est comme si je me faisais voler chez moi, dans ma résidence, que je savais comme tout le monde qui était le voleur, et qu'un député conservateur vînt négocier et dît au voleur de garder la télévision et la coutellerie.