A number of people have written in to ask why I have had nothing to say on the obesity warriors’ rather awkward numbers problem. Too busy laughing, that’s why, but here and here are some wise comments from the good people at TCS.

Last night’s dinner – crispy pork belly in a rather good Austrian restaurant downtown, tomorrow’s breakfast – apple-cured New Hampshire bacon. Now if I could only find a nice Scotch egg in this town happiness would be complete.