I leaned a little forward to see those obscured by the Balcony and instantly an usher warned me I will be ejected if I did that again.

I wonder if I had burst into a rendition of Psalm 23 0r began 1 Corinthians 13 it would have been OK, I doubt that, it was early 1990s and an afternoon tea with the Hon John Falloon after we were spotted followed.

What a disappointing Mr Speaker Brownlie has turned out to be, an ex woodwork teacher from St Bedes, perhaps I wished for too much.

Times they are a-changing, not for the better alas