But then, of course, there are the secret tapes. If it weren’t for the fact that Mrs Moss fortuitously bumped into Euphorbia at Cowes, the world would never have known …

Known, that is, that Sir Bonar did go off the deep end during the interview and the editing suite was 4 foot deep in excised tape by the time the gentle and placid recording we all hear was rescued.

Transformational government doesn’t just impinge on identity management/assurance/deletion, don’t forget, but also on public services. The Cabinet Office are pretty forthright in their opinion of the intellectual stature of most public servants. But nothing like as forthright as Sir Bonar on a bad day. Poor Dave Hornbeam is still in hospital and may never play tennis again.