IN ADDITION TO my long-suffering family (you know who you are), I am grateful to the following for their help, patience, support and advice: Olivia Beattie, Iain Dale, Dan Gledhill, Brett Hennig, Victoria Hobbs, Alison MacDonald, Andy McSmith, Ruth Metzstein, Amol Rajan, Dr Alan Renwick, Boff Whalley. I also offer thanks, mostly posthumous, to all members of that generation whose sacrifices in the Second World War ensured that there was a democratic legacy in the UK for my generation to squander.