His gaze went to Hirken, who stood gloating behind invulnerable transparisteel.

[A]t eighty a body is living on borrowed time.

As for the IRP, Secretary of State Grant Shapps continues to peddle snake oil, smoke and mirrors. His reaction to near-universal IRP condemnation from politicians, local and national media, and all but a few rail specialists was to dismiss the lot of us (in the condescending and patronising tone we have now come to expect) as critics and naysayers.

Just a skosh after the lunch break, Bivvy and Erin were singing a song together.