[Not entirely true, he told Thomas once he was a good man, and that someone ought defend that. That, undoubtedly, was the nicest thing he's ever said to anyone.

But as compliments go, he may as well just said Clark hung the moon, for how sparingly he hands them out.]

A reference to parliament, is it? [He sounds amused when he says that. Oh, the Lords must have lost their fucking minds at that calculated disrespect.] Sounds as if it has its share of pros and cons as an institution. I can see that both being very useful and very, very abused.