I don’t have much to write about tonight, but I would just like to draw this appalling story to your attention. It is the frankly disconcerting tale of how a thousand pound watch was stolen from a severely disabled man in Gloucestershire – unable to call for help, the thieves walked in and just took it when his PA was distracted. The troubling thing is, they must have observed the guy and singled him out as ‘easy pickings’. If we can take this as a sign of how desperate and ruthless people have become, we live in troubling times indeed.