Honda Bit of a surprise piece of news here. We don't normally carry news stories, but this one does seem fairly major, and it would be silly to ignore it. According to a Reuters news flash, the British Government has apparently just been bought by Honda. The deal went through in the early hours of this morning, and has just been announced by Honda's Group Managing Director, Ralph Tokana. According to Reuters, Honda fought off rival bids from Unilever and the John Lewis Group, and is believed to have paid upwards of four hundred million for the troubled democracy giant. I think we have some footage here ... Cut to Stephen emerging from a Whitehall building. Cameras and flash bulbs. Hugh in voice-over. ... we believe, very firmly, that this was a fair price, and that the British taxpayer has got a good deal here. Honda ... may I just finish here? Honda have given us satisfactory undertakings to the effect that they will not be making any massive changes to the structure of government for at least six months, and that their only social alterations will involve converting Wales into a seven-million-hole golf course, and replacing all the houses and flats in Britain with perspex living-pods. Stephen M. Have you tried ...? Stephen Yes, I've tried one of these pods myself, and it was very ... Phyllida What about unemployment? Stephen Oh what about unemployment? You people, you're obsessed ... every time some change comes along, some new idea