Some years ago I carried a delegation of Labour politicians (I know lucky, lucky me) and one in particular stood out.
I had never been a fan of Margaret Beckett thinking she was a typical leftie Labour Party non entity.
However she was charming. On disembarking she held back and came to me and thanked me and the crew for looking after them and saying how much she appreciated the service.
I, not for the first time, learnt not to judge a book by the cover
