Not exactly bloody sparkling over here. Still, spent most of yesterday struggling with a small marquee and we can open up the garden room so a few dozen can be catered for with no risk of getting wet or feeling cramped.

The reason I mentioned it at all is that I find it incredible that you have such a dismal view of multiculturalism in England whilst at the same time our party today has people from all cultures attending. Granted, both of us involved in The NHS means of course we are bound to have friends we wouldn't have if we worked elsewhere but it makes me so angry to hear little England paranoia when most of us appreciate the broadening of horizons our culturally enlarged society can bring.

Did you rant about Sharia and Islamic requirements in faraway countries sixty years ago?