‘Special status?’ said my husband. ‘You mean like executioners, butchers and undertakers in Japan?’
I hadn’t suggested that, but had been thinking aloud about the phrase which, according to David Cameron, now describes Britain’s position in Europe: special status.
My husband once went to Japan, which, he thinks, makes him an expert.
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