[And it does come as a mild relief to him, to leave such topics behind, move on top something else. Even if it's something he knows very little about. He shrugs, loose shouldered, smiles his crooked smile.]

They're keeping me on the periphery, for subtlety and all that. I haven't seen much of the delegates. But I suspect those who're most politically able will be here to look after their own interests, over and above anything else.