I admit to Eddie that I'm not that worried ​about the possibility of fox hunting coming back.

'Well,' he replies, 'I doubt if the average fox cares much whether you get torn to shreds by a pack of dogs or not. But presumably the reason you think this is because you like to think of yourself as superior to a fox.'

I change the subject  and ask what Eddie thought of last Saturday's edition of Doctor Who. 'No idea,' says Eddie. 'Haven't seen it. I've got better things to do with my time than watch television.'
I describe the plot as best I can then hesitate. Would he be offended by some of the comments about religion in it?
'Why would I be?'
I try and think.... 'Doctor Who says something about religion being designed to confuse the uninitiated.'
Eddie shrugs. 'Religion does confuse the uninitiated. I can understand the uninitiated thinking it's designed to confuse them. It's the sort of thing they'd think. I'm more bothered by the fact Bill brings the girlfriend home and its all going swimmingly until the pope walks in and she runs away. Honestly, he was only there for a second. Get over yourself, young lady. Anyone who breaks off having homosexual sex as soon as they're reminded in any way that religion exists is never going to be any good at it.
'You don't like Songs of Praise,' I mumble apologetically.
'I've got the right not to. Someone at the BBC thought Songs of Praise was the sort of thing I'd like.'
I like Songs of Praise. I'm probably not in the target audience for it though.

We listen to the PM programme. A lot of talk of health and social​ care policies.
'A lot about the elderly,' says Eddie. 'Very little about children. Your husband was complaining about the threat to scrap free school lunches for infants earlier. No mention of that. The elderly are the audience, you see. And I don't know why the audience should see or hear itself all the time.'

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