Those are alternatives Nigel, not definitive rules
Iains isn't "relying" on anything otherwise he would have humiliated everybody by putting something up (which is what he tries to do) by putting it up - he made the definitive up in desperation on the spur of the moment
What Iains wants is to feel someone takes him seriously - obviously a big void in is life

Brexit is a massive leap in the dark where there are no guarantees about anything and no plans on where to go from here - it was sold on Xenophobia and nothing else - it has even taken a special meeting between racist Nigel Farage and racist Trump to back a 'No-Deal Brexit' and the latter is so unstable that what he says today is quite likely meaningless tomorrow

Edwina Currie put it in a nutshell - 'We'll muddle through somehow - Britain always has' - no way to run a country in today's unstable world

Waving possibilities about is as meaningless as making them up when it comes to planning a country's future
Jim Carroll