The book bears on its spine one of the most extraordinary declarations of authorial equivocation in publishing history: "I dont think I want to make a book of my work. I am scared to look at what I have done in case I dont like it, and I am scared to show it to others in case they dont like it"

But let's suppose, for a moment, that the Trust had worked for Farage financially: what business is it of ours? First, he was doing nothing illegal. Second, such a move is entirely consistent with Ukip's stance on taxation (ie that we need less, not more). Third, what end could possibly be more admirable than striving to give your children and grandchildren the best education money can buy?

Versions of the watch are being made with a plain version of the faceted case, in either rose gold or platinum, and with a white, black or blue dial. There will also be a Platinum 1000, diamond-set watch coming out later in the year, which makes sense as the stand out quality of Graff's collections is the way they go about diamond-setting on watches. Seen to best effect on the larger watches, Graff's techniques are about as wasteful as possible: not for the sake of it, but to achieve the brilliance and quality they expect. The MasterGraff tourbillon, for example uses 75 carats of diamonds to produce a mosaic of stones that weighs a mere 22 in a process that involves over 100 cuts.

The 350 farms, which cultivate the corporation's potatoes, will also switch to low-carbon fertilisers and use more precise irrigation. Instead of applying about 10 tonnes of water in the field, to grow one tonne of potatoes in dry areas, after 2015 the farms will use about five tonnes.

"Bad day for me today," Froome tweeted. "Really tough circuit under these conditions."