Getting off the fence

He might lack the slightly whimsical wryness that Matthew Parris brought to sketch-writing, and nor does he have quite the same relish for language that Quentin Letts exhibits in the Mail.  But when it comes to straight down-the-line rudeness, Simon Carr is right up with the best.

 

Tristram Hunt wanted more poetry in the constitutional debate. There's more than enough poetry in his name; if rhyming slang counts as poetry.

 

That’s the spirit…