The debate on the radio was interesting. Would (given the current rules within the Labour Party) Mahatma Ghandi ever have been elevated to Leader of the Party? In a well argued case the academic stated that her research proved not and that this was due to a fundamental flaw in the political party’s rules.

As I listened to her my mind wandered off. Where could I get some licorice? If I didn’t have licorice right now I was simply going to fade away.

Later, I went to a motorway service station and found a large paper bag of raspberry licorice. I crammed so much into my mouth that I made a young child cry. “Mummy, that lady’s eating worms”.