But I do very much enjoy Portillo's 'Great British Railway Journeys' programmes and, despite the follies of his youth, his involvement with Thatcherism, et al he comes across as a jolly nice chap.

I sat opposite him on Eurostar last September. He behaved like one would expect a normal, civilised person to behave, very pleasant to the Eurostar staff, otherwise kept himself to himself. Just a man on a train. Mmmmmmm, I feel a song coming on...............