1) Is anyone else getting stick from their partner as they yell "idiot"
(or worse) at the telly when some naiive, greedy and diy-thick plonker
comes out with some drivel about cost/timescales/what-the-buyer-will-like
?

No. Both me and my partner yell "idiot" (or "you stupid thick b*stard who's
going to lose lots of money and all their friends") in unison.

Christian.