The Guardian’s obituary of Sir Antony Jay said: “Jay, the rightwing free marketer, researched and supplied the plot lines and Lynn, the left-leaning actor, provided the jokes and dialogue.” I don’t know who first propagated this notion but Tony and I both found it irritating. It suggests that I knew nothing about government and he couldn’t write anything funny. In fact, we researched and wrote everything together. He was a very funny writer.
