BACK MATTER

A note on consent

The people in the scenes in this book are, with the exception of my family and a small number of public figures, treated under one rule. The default is silence. Where I have named someone, it is because they have told me they are willing to be named, or because the role they are in is already public and naming them is consistent with what is already on the record. Where I have not named someone, it is because they have asked not to be named, or because I have not asked, or because the disposition the book is about is itself the reason their silence should be honoured.

Two scenes in this book turn on people who are not named. One did not want to be. One I did not ask. Both are the book working as it argues for.

If you recognise yourself and would like your name in a later edition, write to me. The default stays silence until then.

I am at [email protected].

End of book two. First draft, April 2026.