‘So do I and so, apparently, do you? It’s not a secret George,’ Hugo said. ‘Don’t start becoming paranoid. Some people know about it and others don’t. That’s true of most things.’ George settled into his chair and tapped out an order for a Tapas Board on his hy-dev. ‘What do you know about the Welfare State Hugo?’ George asked. ‘Nothing,’ what is it?’ ‘So you know about the infertility virus that nearly wiped out Mankind, but nothing about the Welfare State?’ ‘Like I said, some people know some things, others know other things. Few people know everything. What is it?’ ’Well, from what granddad says it was something along the lines of a lot of people who were being given money and accommodation by the old government but were unhappy with the people who were giving it to them.’ ‘Why?’

