Or, put another way, one fiftieth of the annual budget for housing asylum seekers. But anyway - my view prior to the reign of the current monarch was that he would be the last hereditary head of stat… (View Post)

A lot of the £50-£70k class underestimate to a significant degree exactly how far up the pile they are. (View Post)

God yes. How do you go on being Mark Oaten after that? The part of the episode which most amused me was that it came to light because the other party heard the name 'Mark Oaten' on the news… (View Post)

At least two lovely things about this: 1) You have great-grandchildren 2) You have a close enough relationship with your grandchildren to be exchanging phone messages. (It always delights me dispropo… (View Post)

I can never hear that name without chuckling. I wonder what he's doing now. Having just looked him up, he's executive of the International Fur Trade federation. Peculiar how lives turn out. (View Post)