In Ireland my GP will charge €70 even for an appointment s/he has insisted I make. Then a further €80 to the pharmacy each month for prescriptions. On the plus side, no Council Tax.

Strewth!

Although we note that for you to obtain an audience you have slipped laudanum to your sister and your maid remains under threat of losing her position should she depart your performance.

Trans true ladies are true ladies!

Indeed. Although I find Niskanen quite persuasive in respect of administration.

If it's the same bank as ours it surely can't be worse.

Not necessarily. I just put this to my maths geek wife and, apparently, it's not simple. It depends on how much £50k would mean to you. Alternatively, think of it as £1m now or 50% chance of £50m . For almost everyone, £1m would be sufficient.

And when Reform, Green, whoever, who wanted 'the moon on a stick ' get elected they find themselves constrained like Labour and the Conservatives.

Conservative candidates in Penrith and the Border have traditionally used yellow rather than blue. The colour of the Lowthers, I think.

Both excellent choices!

In the absence of Andy Burnham, maybe Hillary Benn as a safe pair of hands?

I wonder about the judgement of Andy Burnham. Left parliament in 2017 yet may have won the leadership after JC. If he was in parliament now he would surely be a shoo-in for the leadership.

I have just finished Intermezzo and thought it excellent. I can't comment on the other two.

I am shocked at any time to see a lady not wearing gloves, but when playing as a batswoman - which some insufferable men will doubtless claim in a hundred years or so should be 'batter' because men play too- it is quite dangerous. Cover your hands, young lady for decorum and safety!

He did love you, of course, before you beat him. I entreat you to find a man who can tolerate being beaten.

I see that Jacob Rees-Mogg is campaigning to save the Bath oliver biscuit as the best companion to cheese.

Arthur was going to make a tasteless remark about Emily's cock but remembered, Supreme Court judgement notwithstanding, that she was very much a lady. He therefore asked after her mother and what she, Emily, had been reading recently.

#GirlsOwnCC