Dear Mr. Dempsey,

My, my, haven't you been busy since last we met? What on earth possessed you to run for Minister? You didn't strike me as the ambitious type, are you quite sure you know what you've gotten yourself into? Of course it's too late now...

I don't care for government as a concept if I'm entirely honest and I avoid joining organized groups of any kind if I can help it, however this sound vaguely interesting and January rarely fails in being excessively dull.

I may call on you for tea in the near or distant future.