“Tomorrow’s chip paper” according to the Shirehall brass.

That’s the contempt they have for the public (and for the ‘Third Estate’, the media, both print and broadcast) which is treated as a necessary nuisance by the Shirehall brass.

Mind you, that simply reflects the attitude of all the Political Parties, of whatever ideological persuasion, which is why I hang on to my Independent status. I might loan it out occasionally, but I’ll never let it go!