This came down on the day. We had no heads-up it was happening, no time to prepare and someone went into grade-A ass covering mode.

This is all correct, but it’s whereabouts in the chain you decide to enact your responsibilities.

This was A-grade arse covering, I’m sure, rather than a thoughtful analysis of the situation.

It’s not confusion - it’s trying to explain it to a worldwide audience using analogies that make sense, rather than trying to wade through the oddities of British legalities.

All the major parties are committed to following through on Brexit if elected. There is no political party to vote for that will stop the whole thing in its tracks and ignore the referendum.

Many of whom will have passed away from natural causes before the end of the year....

Can you tell me exactly how many Americans have died, in the USA, at the hands of citizens of countries on that list?

Shhh. Don’t tell everyone....

Our union (it’s called that, but has no powers that EU or USA unions would understand) has as much exercisable power as a damp fish. Forunately, we were all on board on this one.

You might be surprised to hear that I don’t have the ear of the US President. Donald Trump does not give a flying fuck what I have to say about him or any other matter.

You don’t need me. Whilst we can sometimes make a difference (Arabic ‘brides’ in Paris - read 13 year old girls) mostly we get an aircraft, a crew and told to do a job.

Not a chance. The company made the correct decision and I have no idea if the original email came from the board or some harassed intern.

It beggars belief. What I do know is that the majority of US citizens don’t support this kind of crap, and neither do most UK citizens.

Company law and contracts are more company-sided here in Asia but Asian companies are not run by idiots. They might have individual idiots who fire this kind of thing out but, collectively, they’re not idiots.

She did. I don’t even have a response to this. I’m a middle-aged, white guy, working in Asia, watching my Prime Minister holding hands with someone who demonises the people I live with and work with.

If the company said ‘you will now fly into mountains because we can make more from insurance payouts on the hull than the route’, I doubt we’d fall into line.

In UK general elections, someone stands as leader of their party. We all vote, in our constituencies, for an MP of any party standing for election. The party that gets the most MPs gets to be the next government effectively, although sometimes deals have to be made - you can see how under this system, you could end up…

We run on about a 4% to 5% seat margin which is not bad at all by industry standards.

I think you’ve hit the nail on the head here, but a lot of those ‘half’ won’t be alive due to natural causes in a few years.

I have a strong suspicion you are correct!