Grab it whilst it’s there? Politicians, the Queen, Prince Phillip all jumping into bed with China

– deal on this, deal on that and oh, I forgot to say . . . . could you just fund a couple of Nuclear thingumies for us?

We do seem to be backing a horse just because it has a few pennies don’t we – it feels like the dying gasps of a stricken nation, doing deals wherever it can.

I realise you can’t Tar everyone with the same Paulin – wait until they do something horrible . . . oh no, wait! They have already, you say?