The news before it’s made!

“BBC coverage of the Thatcher funeral lightweight and totally inadequate” is my prediction for the verdict on Wednesday’s TV effort. Having got that off my chest, a word about . . . gadgets. Does any normal person really need an electric tin opener? How many tins without a ring pull does the average person meet in a week? One? Two? And after a spot of stock-taking at the Mansion, I found absolutely no “electric tins” in the Thatcher cupboards.