Ahh thank you. Very kind!

Quite. And you start to see the reasons why…

I keep playing this over in my head 😂

You can take the man out of politics…

Thank you Emma.

This is a very good idea… alas too late for me currently!

Believe me, me too. It’s not even a particularly big one. But London 🤷‍♂️

The worst part is my own estate agent trying to convince me I should consider it on that basis.

Honestly. Such a mad system that the people you pay to advertise your flat have such a strong incentive to just get you to sell at whatever price.

Thank you Mark, that’s very kind.

Thank you- I hope so!

Thank you ☺️

I hope this isn’t goodbye. It may be possible to keep some level of engagement on here in my new gig, but I’ll have to see.

For now, thank you. I’ve learned so much from reading and speaking with you all over the years. It’s made me a better journalist, and a better person.

I’ll miss it terribly.

Thank you to all the people who made it possible, and to all the people who let me tell their stories along the way.

I’ve always tried to make it about you, rather than me. I hope I managed that, and that I did the privilege justice.

As for next steps… I’ll be able to say more in a month or two.

I won’t subject you all to a self-indulgent run through of my career highlights.

But suffice to say it has been the privilege of my life to spend these last 12 years or so as a journalist. To work with some of the best in the business, and to talk to all of you.

Going to assume this is a joke rather than that you are truly so simple…