Lord Mountbatten

Churchill was the canny political animal, very devious, bursting with energy and determination, learning as hard as he could.

In 1966 I became president of the British Computer Society.

I suppose you can say I became an odd-job man.

The only thing I command is respect.

I was a bit challenged when I was younger to stay on the right path.

But each time I seemed to be climbing into a roller coaster and finding myself coming through the downhill run with that sort of dazed feeling that we all know.