There were a lot of pressures, he says, namely that he was paid only $13 an hour and there was no guarantee of a job at the end of it.
He comes home furious some days at the injustices he sees: namely the ease with which the Bible disposes of first-born sons, and the whole concept of original sin.
He and I would, for example, part company on one figure he cites, namely Lord Ahmed – who has an awkward record of inviting known antisemites to the House of Lords.
"Large segments of the electorate are not engaged," he says, namely the young, the poor, the ill-educated.
But his "entire portfolio of income earning was in real estate," he said, namely rental properties in Ohio.
He roundly criticises this practice under Thatcher and Blair, but acknowledges that it was inconceivable under prime ministers of whom in general he disapproves, namely Heath and Major.
Within this seemingly inoffensive statement are tacit assumptions, he explains, namely "the framework of an exploitative system that I have been at odds with my whole creative life".
Mr. Clinton "grasped immediately the implications of what the groups showed," he said, namely that they could not run a "personality contest".
You might think King should get on with what he does – namely, set interest rates – and leave the Treasury to get on with what it does.
"The utilities are obviously unhappy they're paying the money," which is being "hijacked" for other purposes, he said — namely, deficit reduction.
