All this rain and sleet reminds me - It's the salad season

Canvassing on bread and dripping, and none of your southern greenery.

I once knew a chap who was frighfully involved in Conservative politics. He had effectively been an Edward Heath SpAd in the days when they were called something else and, as a reward, had made it onto the list of preferred candidates. All you had to do in those days was wait for six or seven years for the next but one General Election, and if you had d…