But to have it confirmed by the Prime Minister, in her own hand on the day of his death, was more comforting than I can express. I certainly mean no disrespect to Simon Scott Plummer when I say that he is not very famous either (hands up who has heard of him? As a Special Branch minder called an ambulance, the woman came round from her faint — only to see the Prime Minister and the Mayor of London leaning solicitously over her. Now, I'm not saying for one moment that Boris's gift for getting on with ordinary people necessarily qualifies him to be Prime Minister. Yet I'm deeply ashamed to admit that when I was asked to write a few lines to celebrate Simon Scott Plummer's 80th, I never quite got round to it.

Source: Daily Mail July 22, 2021 21:56 UTC