"In principle a Jolly Good Thing. In practice most people may have been knackered by then"

*sigh*

At the risk of repeating myself for the 4th or 5th time, there was a palpable buzz in the venue after the event. The audience grew substantially during the event. Those of us who were there, with the possible exception of the flying visit by Mr Harris, felt afterwards that the event had been a huge success. Judging by the fact that we completely sold out of t-shirts and shifted hundreds of leaflets, stickers and badges, we certainly felt that the message had been transmitted and understood. The secondary opportunity which came of the launch being featured on Radio 4 that night and reaching thousands of people beyond our little enclave was the icing on the cake.

Only in Mudcatland could such an event be perceived as a failure. But I ought to be used to it by now.