yeah, well, that is true. rishi is a smart man. let's talk more about politics, i want to talk about where those old habits, where they came from and why you were a labour man and why you went on to be a tory. you talk about being a proud ashfield man, born, brought up, all yourfamily. for people who don't know it, what do you mean by that, what sort of place is it, what are you proud of? ashfield is a coal mining constituency built on coal and textiles. and your dad was a miner? yes, all my family were coalminers. all the male members. they weren't many females worked down the pit, there weren't any. ifollowed my dad into the pits when i left school and i was incredibly proud to do thatjob. and your dad, traditional working—class, hard—working, i imagine, demanding? labour man, through and through, trade unionist, been on strike �*72, �*74 and �*81i, he's got the badge. he did all that. because he thought it was right what he was doing, to protect hisjob, to protect his community, and then ao—odd years later he finds