""Its a medical condition known as being 'a bit of a twat' - they did an article on me in The Lancet.""

Don't worry Al, it's a condition known to strike lawyers too, when they deliberately choose to put the narrowest construction (and of course the one which gives an erroneous impression of their opponent) on what is said, and stupidly stick to it even when the broader scope is repeatedly pointed out.

Twisting the facts is what they do for a living, and it's not too surprising that they find it impossible not to continue it outside of the adversarial atmosphere of their work place.

More to be pitied than blamed!

He hasn't even the nous to realise that the statement he keeps quoting didn't originate from MY keyboard, and that I merely expanded on it.

Don T.