Sir Reginald Fotheringay-Smythe

Sir Reginald Fotheringay-Smythe began his career at Eleutheria in 1973 as a junior parliamentary sketch writer, a role he describes as "formative, though the pay was an insult." He has since covered fourteen general elections, four monarchs, and what he describes as "the general decline of everything." He was knighted in 2009 for services to journalism, an honour he accepts with characteristic ambivalence. Sir Reginald has lunched with seven Prime Ministers, breakfasted with three, and once shared a taxi with a Chancellor whose name he declines to disclose. He considers himself above political affiliation, though sources close to him suggest otherwise. He lives in Wiltshire with his third wife and an opinion on everything.