At 10 Downing Street by 9.30am to present a petition trying to stop the Government taking away pension books from older people. Modernisation is all very well, and change is always difficult – but there really is no need to remove pension books that older people are used to. This is an option which should remain open to pensioners.

But, of course, the other side of the Labour equation (for equation read plot) is to close all the small sub-post offices that pepper our local shopping parades.

For some elderly people, their walk to the local sub-post office with their pension book once a week is a welcome outing and opportunity to meet and talk to others. So much for social inclusion!