Let us all see the Foreign Office anaconda | Simon Jenkins

London has far too many paintings, sculptures and museum objects hidden from view. Time for the 'anaconda project'

How much is an anaconda? The £10,000 paid by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to have theirs re-stuffed seems a lot. You can pick up a nine-footer from Cleethorpes for £250 on eBay, "mature, could be calmed down if you have the time." I am sure the FCO interns could pen it up, and use it to terrorise recalcitrant Tory backbenchers.

The FCO snake has attracted attention chiefly b...