Michael D should be paid by the State just to think and to talk

I’VE been a big fan of Michael D since producing a party political broadcast for the Labour Party more than 20 years ago. Michael D was in it.

He was good in it. He was also delightful to work with and easy to direct. His wife, Sabena, was a good egg, too It must be admitted that the camera crew found it difficult to get him into a two-shot with the then leader of the Labour Party, Michael O’Leary. They clearly loathed each other so committedly that, quite apart from getting them into the same shot, getting the two of them breathing the same air in the same COUNTY at the same time was something of an achievement.

Once the two-shot trauma was over, however, Michael D was so fascinating that ever since, I’ve wanted a special national post created for him. Not the Presidency. It has too much ceremonial twaddle attached to it. Michael D should be paid by the state just to think and talk.