So it seems our chums in the ever-democratic EU are threatening to suspend Poland's

[Burney]

Well, join me in Penang Hill then. Perfectly secure from the locals with a delightful, cooling breeze.

Lazy evenings in the hlll-top garden overseeing Georgetown and the ships coasting their way to Singapore, bound further east and beyond. We shall toast Francis Light and his ilk before dining at the E&O.

Are you hitting on me?

[redgunamo]

Are you hitting on me?

Yes, that's the construction I put on the missive too. It is 2017 though, so there's probably nothing wrong with it.

[Peter]

Are you hitting on me?

How childish of you. I was merely setting a scene. If you prefer to remain in Cheshunt, so be it.

I can run this new empire myself if I have to.... anyway, Sir C has kindly stepped in.

[Sir C]

How childish of you. I was merely setting a scene. If you prefer to remain in Cheshunt, so be it.

I can run this new empire myself if I have to.... anyway, Sir C has kindly stepped in.

There will be liddle bit the sexytime though, surely? Not in a gay way, just friends?

[Peter]

There will be liddle bit the sexytime though, surely? Not in a gay way, just friends?

The local women are to be explored just as the other sights.

Anyway, we have work to do.