I was the youngest. The yule lamb. The one who always got away without doing the washing up. My sister was four years older, and my brother six years.
These days there are not enough of such intermediary groups, between the state and the individual, with the result that political leaders are often unduly guided by opinion polls.
And I love kick boxing. It's a lot of fun. It gives you a lot of confidence when you can kick somebody in the head.