Aye, so very right moss.

I won't continue the political thread for fear of drifting off topic but I loved this bit from his blog dated Wednesday, October 31, 2007 -

"Yesterday the Parliament was prorogued, ie ended, and the new Session will be opened by the Queen on November 6. I have never attended the State Opening in the 45 years I've been in Parliament, because I don't see Parliament as being about dressing up in funny clothes like something out of a Gilbert and Sullivan opera."

:-)