In the Independent today, about soft drinks at Christmas

Yes, I said the C-word, finally.

Tis the season to be sober.

It’s full of insightful political commentary and apercus. (I can’t find the cedilla function so that looks like ‘aperkus’ to me.) I’m almost sad that there isn’t a slew of vitriolic, embittered bile in the comments section, accusing me of being ‘middle class’. Soon come.

Edit on 12th December – not a squeak! Plus, I meant to say that the ‘as I am’ in the first sentence was not put there by me. A small thing, but the tone sounds off. A bit crow-ey, a bit unnecessarily explanatory. Never mind.