Given that Andy Burnham is now leading Britain's political elite up the M6 to start business at ' Number 10 North', we might soon hear talk of a new 'Didsbury Set'.
The storms, the altitude, the red and yellow cards from a jumpy referee, the all-night serenading from trumpets and fireworks beneath their hotel rooms - any of the above might have cowed a lesser te…
Certainly, traditionalists will be alarmed. It unquestionably shows that the old royal watchwords of 'continuity' and 'tradition' are now more flexible than they once were.
As we mark the 82nd anniversary of D-Day and the Allied landings on the beaches of Northern France, there will be an especially poignant moment at the British Normandy Memorial.
I met Trump in Mar-A-Lago and asked about his first encounter with the late Queen. Their 2018 meeting meant to last for about 15 minutes, but it went on for the best part of an hour.