Let me say unapologetically that I would "shag" Kylie Minogue. As the Prime Minister has also perceived, they all seem to have a very attractive personalities.

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But I make some conditions: we would have to be in a relationship and she would have to find dull old men attractive. My current happy marriage would have to have ended. Tough, I know, but I have my standards.

Of course, none of the conditions will be met. I have to accept that it's not going to happen as it isn't for the Prime Minister. The chances of a horizontal dalliance are non-existent for both of us.

Let me be clear: I am being flippant. It's a joke. I have a twinkle in my eye and a tongue in my cheek, just as many of us do every day when we say ridiculous things. It's part of the banter of life - and thank goodness for that.

So why on earth did a frivolous remark of absolutely no consequence get turned into a confected row about nothing? Did the Prime Minister of this marvelous country really have to make an "unequivocal apology" to the lynch mob for foolishly answering a question on an inconsequential podcast. He initially resisted the question about whom he would like to "shag, marry, date" and then weakened.

To my mind, the remark should not have been given the time of day, either by him or by the politicians who had worked themselves up into a lather over nothing.

Apart from those with a political axe to grind, we are also in the era of "influencers" - people with loud views, little insight but crowds of followers. They are to be resisted and the Prime Minister could have done his bit by not bowing to........

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