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Getting any kind of political comment out of Eddie is extraordinarily difficult. Tell him there is about to be an election and his only reaction is to groan loudly at the thought of how much bad television there will be as a result. (" Politicians are incredibly bad at being on television. It's very hard to educate, inform and entertain, but it's equally hard to keep talking for as long as they do without doing any of these things.")

I ask him if he is living in the old people's home. He shakes his head. "No, I refuse to go into one. I don't want to be undressed by a nurse. Its thoroughly depressing when the only person who wants to see one naked has to be paid to do so.

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