I had a meeting with Pat Patel who owns the sub-post office in Hornsey High Street to see what on earth else I can do to try and drum it through the Government’s head about the damage their post offices policies are causing not only the service itself but also the very social fabric of many local communities. (This is also the topic of my latest newspaper column – so I won’t repeat the points made in much more detail there).

We agree on Parliamentary questions and lobbying – but I am grim with doubt that the Labour juggernaut will continue to destroy all before it.