And there's your problem, in a nutshell. Since at least the beginning of the Blair era and probably well before, the left has very successfully managed to close down any argument of which it disapproves by crying "racist", "elitist", "homophobe", "NIMBY", "Little Englander", "fascist", or whatever. This has created within the Westminster bubble a culture of caution bordering on cowardice. Before a politician speaks he almost never asks himself: "Is this true?" Rather, he asks himself: "Will this get me into trouble with the BBC?" Which is why, of course, we get politicians like Rachel "Boring" Reeves.

Skipper Victor Khryapa will play his usual all-around game and provide the needed leadership as well as stability of his superstar laden team.

"You do not want people disguising their personalities but you do not want someone who is so openly odd having so much power.

Perhaps the roots of Noughties feelgood TV can be traced back to two key successes in the Nineties the Richard Curtis romcom and ITVs relationships drama Cold Feet. Both, manipulatively but brilliantly, set up an ensemble of contrasting characters allowing every viewer an identification point. They navigated lifes thornier path with a lightness of touch and they feigned emotional truth (witness the funeral in Four Weddings and a Funeral) while in reality only swimming in the shallow end of human experience. The characters were also usually well off, giving the average viewer a voyeuristic thrill as they cast their gaze on a Notting Hill town house or a grand slice of Didsbury Victoriana.

8. It's a watch too! The Galaxy Gear includes several face options that create the opportunity for users to personalise their watch face. It will come preloaded with 10 different clock options and more choices will be downloadable via Samsung Apps.What the new model adds is a good number of particularly useful new ideas: S Note, the notetaking programme is now accompanied by Action Memo. This is one of the options you can choose immediately you extract with some difficulty the stylus from the back of the device. It allows users to, say, write an email address and then get the device to recognise it and pop it straight into the To field of an email; write a phone number and it will take you straight to the dialler; write a postcode and it can take you straight to a map. These are genuine time-saving features that make the most of accurate handwriting recognition and instant access to the internet, although why notes and memos are different is a moot point. By and large, though, the menu that appears as soon as you extract the 'S Pen' stylus makes the Note easier to use than its predecessor.