When we were last in the company of the American Ambassador to the UK (played by Keri Russell), the US vice-president had blown a dirty great hole in Scottish independence (no, it wasn’t a flu dream), ...

Chairman Andrew Cavenagh, who has overseen the process alongside vice-chairman Paraag Marathe and 49ers Enterprises technical director Gretar Steinsson, is said to be a long-time admirer of Muscat.