Many things can make us feel angry and disappointed with our political leaders. However, this week one particular issue dismayed me.
No, not the proposed sale of Channel 4 - although the arguments for that idea hold about as much water as the average drinks order in the Westminster bar.
I’m talking about the No-fault divorce law, which came into force this week and effectively put paid to any lingering hopes I had that the BBC might have a change of heart and extend my guilty pleasure, The Split.
Well, there wouldn’t be much fun in a drama about a family firm of divorce lawyers if most of their cases could be wrapped up inside two minutes.
So this third series will definitely be the last, and I’d best enjoy it while I can. If Monday’s opener was anything to go by, that shouldn’t prove too difficult.
It began with grandma divorce lawyer Ruth Defoe (Deborah Findlay) launching her podcast with this question: “Can there ever be a good divorce?” To which you might be tempted to answer, “Yes, if you’re the one getting the house and the lump sum.” It’s not always as simple as that though, as daughter divorce lawyer Hannah (Nicola Walker) was discovering. She appeared to be in the midst of a good divorce from Nathan (Stephen Mangan) but had just realised she didn’t actually want to sign the papers.
If you think that means a happy ending could be in the offing then you’ve clearly not been following Nicola Walker’s career very closely.
Things ended pretty grimly for her character in Unforgotten last year and, after Nathan dropped a gorgeous new girlfriend bombshell, I can’t see the form book being upset here.
If you can’t wait to find out, you can binge the whole series on iPlayer now.
Me? I’m going to take it week by week on proper telly.
Well, if The Split has taught us anything, it’s that giving into temptation can be fraught with danger.
