I think sometimes people look to players to act out, speak loudly, pretty much be an idiot. But that's not me.

A story is how we construct our experiences.

In the past, I used to counter any such notions by asking myself: 'Would you really want President Hattersley?' I now find that possibility rather cheers me up. With his chubby, Dickensian features and his knowledge of T.H. Green and other harmless leftish political classics, Hattersley might not be such a bad thing after all.