In Apocrypha, our favourite Fantasyland, Oma D’unn’s political consultancy, Oma Unsacked, was attracting clients from all over the Fantasyworld.

The latest was Herr Storm, Prime Minister of a motley collection of diverse nations, sharing an Island, calling itself the United Kondom. In days of yore, the Kondom perversely gave birth to several colonial children. All offspring successfully claimed parental divorce leaving the Kondom looking like a little prick - more nuisance than influencer.

So Herr stormed into Oma’s office demanding help to quell a revolt by his own party colleagues seeking his resignation as PM. Oma told him to buy a watch. Herr was puzzled so Oma told him the story of three Russians condemned to The Gulag: