By the wonders of Teams, I was able to speak with Guy Opperman from the High Alps thanks to the excellence of Swiss Broadband and the hospitality of the Grand Hotel and Kurhaus of Arolla,

By the wonders of YouTube, you can watch the session – though you will not have the fun that more than 40 coffee slurping guests had as we discussed the five years of Opperman’s Ministry and the outlook for her successor Emma Reynolds.

I hope that Guy settles into his new career as smoothly as he navigated many of the awkward questions he received from an enervated audience.

He has a second child to look after and he , his family and Zola the dog are now living in South London and frequent visitors to the Cities of Westminster and London.

We wish him well.