As PM I had little time to read other than the occasional piece of majestic investigative journalism, or unintentional humour, but the recent controversy about the da Vinci code, led me to read Dan Brown's best-seller

What interests me most is not the plagiarism aspect but the central contention of the book that Jesus and Mary Magdalene did the dirty, a child resulted and a yet-undiscovered lineage ensued

Why not, after all. Jesus was a man of thirty in the days when 'warming up the altar boy's dinner' was frowned on. Quite likely he had a whore now and again to releave the tension

Then the thought struck me that I might be a descendant. Although I come from good Roman Catholic stock, there might have been some Jewish forbears. After all there are interesting parallels

• I have a natural tendency to save money, hence my success at Finance
• My name is Paul, just like the founder of Christianity
• Without being aware of the fact, I heavily invested in Jewry for my cabinet
• I was the saviour of the Liberal Party from the clutches of my predecessor but was martyred by an ungrateful public
• I instintively did not give up the Party leadership - perhaps in the hope of an early Second Coming

I asked Sheila if I was circumcised. She could not recall, but the last time 'I saw a man about a dog' I checked it out and, sure enough, I have 'bald-headed giggle stick'

Hardly conclusive, but enough for me to delve into my family history a bit more closely. Any help much appreciated