A close encounter with the Chancellor

The cabin crew greeted him and he started walking up the aisle towards me. I felt a momentary twinge of nerves. What would I say to him if he came and sat next to me in the empty and cramped middle seat? I thought it was strange that he did not have a place in row one reserved, but before I could collect my thoughts he passed me by and headed towards the rear of the aircraft where undoubtedly he sat down next to someone else who would trouble themselves with the dilemma of what to say to the man who sets our taxes. If he had sat down next to me I may well have asked him about the Pensions ...