“Prime Minister and his band of merry cabinet members are off to China and I think this may be an appropriate time to share a quote from Confucius, the Chinese philosopher – the wheel of fortune turns around incessantly and who can say to himself I shall today be uppermost.”

“All our national party leaders – and let’s improve on Confucius: who can say to himself I shall not be uppermost till death do me part.”

“You are bad! But anyway, what do you mean band of merry cabinet members?”

“Those inside and outside the party?”

“The outsiders ain’t going, the inside-out........

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