Yes I did – possibly before you joined the Lib Dems (circa 1997)? Under David Cameron’s leadership, we have once again become a liberal and modern party for all Britons. David Davis’ decision to resign and fight a by-election on a civil liberties platform is evidence of this. And it’s great to see the Lib Dems putting country before party by backing him, so well done!

Justin

On another topic: was today talking to a Post Office Ltd technical man about their failure to innovate in the branches. One suggestion made to him was that they should have taken mail sorting technology and downsized it to provide automated mail sending in Post Offices: self-service kiosks into which you place your mail item and it reads the address, weighs and sizes the item, and tells you how much to pay. Then you pay using a card and it sends the mail on its way. He said that mail sorting technology belongs to Royal Mail and they cannot touch that – just part of the incompetence of PO management. Also told him of a contract let 3 years ago that they didn’t bid for – it was for a considerably upgraded method to handle applications for a service, applications that had been handled by them (with too high an error rate) over the counter. The service provider wanted to update the methodology but PO simply failed to bid, either on their own or with a partner who could add different expertise. Three consortia submitted good quality bids, and the PO lost the business.