Allusion of the week
“I’ve based him on Gordon Brown. The sheriff is a sociopath, utterly asexual, devilishly charming and very politically ambitious”
How Keith Allen will play the Sheriff of Nottingham in a new TV series of Robin Hood
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Joke of the week
“The next TUC conference next week will be my last — probably to the relief of both of us”
Tony Blair finds a silver lining in giving up power
Blunt talking of the week
“I’ve spent two years being PC about parents, but now is the time to say, ‘If you’re giving your young children fizzy drinks you’re an a*******”
Jamie Oliver lets rip
Warning of the week
“We are running hot, certainly running hot. Can we cope? Just”
General Sir Richard Dannatt, the new Chief of the General Staff, says that troops in Afghanistan are fighting at the limit of their capacity