Scottish wrote.
" Heartening to see your now a legal expert, Len - as well as knowing every other fucking thing. How do you manage it I wonder."

Well with regard to the specific law in question, everyone is an expert because everyone knows it. Don't they?

On a personal note I hope that you, like Hilary Clinton can one day get over being denied the job you felt was yours by right. The board sympathises with your disappointment and believes that you can find some comfort in remaining a worthwhile, albeit junior, member.
Please feel free to drop in any time you're passing.