Anyone remember Rifkind? Thought not, I met him once in Benbecula - terrible fall of dandruff and his cardigan had holes in it , probably from a cat. I certainly did not ingratiate myself to him whilst standing (swaying gently by this stage) outside in the mess garden in polite groups waiting to be introduced. Unfortunately our group was getting outside of a considerable amount of Pimms and Guinness so my comment of "so the scruffy little runt thinks he's too good to speak to us" did not go down too well (he was directly behind me and the others in the group were going visibly pale but of course didn't say anything) and strangely enough he didn't! Always remember, check six then open mouth.......
Mr Hoon,
Were you bullied as a child?