I receive a long-awaited call from No.10.The Prime Minister is keen that I should accept the appointment of his Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Agriculture,Fisheries and Food, with special responsibility for goats cheese and low-fat yoghurt.
I have no hesitation in accepting. I have always tended to avoid goats'cheese,preferring stilton or even a ripe camembert, but in the national interest I am prepared to put my personal preferences to one side.