Role model of the week
“Richard Branson doesn’t just do one thing and stop. He deliberately goes into difficult areas, like trains”
David Cameron models his new cuddly Tory party on the Virgin empire
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Surprise of the week
“I do watch Big Brother. I saw the one about the cat”
Michael Martin, the Speaker of the Commons, explains that while George Galloway is “not exactly present” he does know what he has been up to
Understatement of the week
“It does seem a bit unusual. It’s only a two-bedroom terrace house”
A woman from Nottinghamshire is surprised to receive an electricity bill for more than £202 million from Powergen, who admitted the error
Deep chill of the week
“Not a comma, not a semicolon”
Peter Mandelson reveals the extent of the communication he has had with Gordon Brown since Mandelson moved to Brussels