How boring are those curling stones matches at the winter olympic ?

[Peter]

Yes, people do think awfully highly of themselves nowadays. I blame New Labour.

What was your first proper job? I was a kitchen porter, un plongeur basically, at the John Radcliffe in Oxford. On Sunday mornings when there was no nibs about, you got all the bacon and eggs and tea you could manage. Lovely.

Cleaning betting shops for Mecca Bookmakers.

Three shops a night, two hours work, 90 quid a week. Cash.

I loved that work.

It certainly is New Labour's fault, but then there is a certain justice in the democratisation of higher education. Why should the rest of us pay to allow the top 2 or 3% to spend three years on a subsidised ego trip?

It was, if you'll pardon the phrase, a middle-class rip off.