Sir Harry Pilkington shared two pieces of advice with his nephew Justin Walker: "First of all, never believe anything you read in the press because we control it. And secondly, never ever believe a politician when they say they can do something because they can’t unless we say they can."

Never before in the milestones of government stupidity and self-serving has so much been taken from so many, especially the elderly and the needy, by so few politicians...