More fun from the recent Law Society council meeting. One of the weighty issues that council members were discussing was whether they should be forced to declare that they are members
of the Freemasons.

Presumably if any member of council is part of an international organisation of power and influence, it would be a good idea if they let somebody know.

The debate was a hit with the large phalanx of council members who never normally utter a word, but who were on this occasion keen to declare that while they were happy to admit they were masons, they disagreed with the drafting of the proposal.

Luckily, however, one council member brought the debate back into perspective.

"I am in the National Trust," he said. "Do I have to declare that?"