judging by popular expectations in the United Kingdom and the general mood of spoilt discontent, a service doesn’t have to be available to be demanded. I should imagine Her Majesty’s subjects express sharp disapproval when the Queen’s ambassadors, high commissioners and consuls don’t cater to their every desire outside her realm. “What do I pay taxes for if that consul fellow in Tenerife can’t phone my neighbour in Bognor Regis and ask if my pet budgie has been fed?” the pampered might grumble