Wiretapping in London

Have you ever thought you were being listened to while on the telephone? You know the weird clicks and the spacey echo you get sometimes and you think - what could I possibly have said to make anyone want to listen in?

Let me reassure you right now. Listening back to tape recordings of focus groups is dull beyond belief, and I get paid to do that. I cannot imagine how boring it must be to listen in, on the off-chance, to most of the people in my neighbourhood - and we're a pretty eclectic bunch.

Christiane Amanpour lives a few yards away. You always know something's up when there's a van outside her place. If someone was wiretapping her, or you or me, they'll have a pretty good reason as there's no more boring job in the world, not at all.

So I find it all hard to believe but you can read more here if you want to.