These days, a trip to Sydney is a great adventure for me and, as our all-wise government has abolished the travel entitlements of ex-MPs, ‘except for former Prime Ministers’, it is something not to be entered into unadvisedly or lightly, unless you want to go bankrupt. Accordingly, I sallied forth to the emerald city last Friday with the cheapest ticket I could wrangle from Jetstar, to attend The Spectator Anglo-Australian Forum.