His relationship with five successive Tory chancellors, from Howe to Kenneth Clarke, was rather more cordial than the one he enjoyed with Gordon Brown.
In the brief, bizarre yet charming chapter "Nostalgia", he falls for the charms of the Windamere, a hotel in Darjeeling where time appears to have stood still, and where a gimlet is made with six parts gin to one of Rose's Lime Cordial, rather than the usual four.
His relationship with Mourinho has always been cordial rather than affectionate, but he brought the Portuguese to the Bernabeu for one reason - to win the Champions League.
The sense of community has disappeared; consequently we might describe life in Yarun now as segregated co-existence rather than as a multi-faith cordial community.
There are no keys to the bedrooms, which have an old-fashioned wireless rather than television, and books, home made cordials and biscuits are in plentiful supply.
It's good, but a bit like sloe cordial mixed with gin rather than a more traditional sloe gin.
And, so far, America has defined Palestinian Authority reform in terms of a micromanaged regime change rather than democracy for the Palestinian people.However cordial Mr Abbas's relations with the Bush administration, this is a definition he cannot afford to accept, says Khalil Shikaki, a Palestinian analyst.
In fact, the relationship between Mr. Morgenthau and Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has been less than cordial.
His reception in New York and at Belmont might have been less than cordial.
Nor is his relationship with Tiger Woods much more than cordial, as he himself all but conceded.
