'Liberal Bureaucracy' reaches a typically cautious half-century off 131 balls

Yes, the most recent Golden Dozen saw the fiftieth entry from this blog, which comes as a bit of a surprise. My readership has never been vast, although it appears modestly loyal, and my subject matter varies from frivolous (crayfish aphrodisiacs) to mild outrage (anything to do with railway breakfasts) via my increasingly eccentric travels and life as a late convert to political campaigning.

However, I would like to thank you all for passing through these halls over the past two and a half years and, hopefully, I'll give you cause to continue to do so. Let's just say that the next twenty-one months should give me plenty of material...