Alastair reid

may have killed the cat; more likelythe cat was just unlucky, or else curiousto see what death was like, having no causeto go on licking paws, or fatheringlitter on litter of kittens, predictably.

[Was that success down to Price's boss, Alastair Campbell? The way he puts it, it must have been.] He was funny, warm, charming, immensely intelligent, phenomenally hard-working. His stamina was awesome to behold, ... To a certain extent he carried the rest of us along in his wake.

It is no better than even money either way.

I did what I did and you live with that part of it.

My thoughts are with his family and friends.