SO far, more than 22,000 people have expressed an interest in spending time on a plinth in London’s Trafalgar Square.

Needless to say, it is an arts project and it involves Antony Gormley (the Angel of the North chap) and a group called Artichoke.

Thousands of folk will spend an hour at a time on the plinth, 24 hours a day.

As long as it is not illegal, people can do what they want — challenging the idea that only some people, heroes or others who have served their country, have the right to occupy plinths.

One & Other, as it is called, is intended to present a portrait of the UK in the 21st century.

This gloriously pointless exercise runs from July 6 until October 14 and I found myself wondering if I should apply.

After due consideration I decided that there is little I could do up there that would be remotely representative of UK society.

Someday my plinth will come (I do not claim this as original) but I think I would prefer it to be after my death as a mark of regard from a grateful nation.

Yeah, right.