My Dad says that being a Londoner has nothing to do with where you're born. He says that there are people who get off a jumbo jet at Heathrow, go through immigration waving any kind of passport, hop on the tube and by the time the train's pulled into Piccadilly Circus they've become a Londoner.

Coffee arrived and the espresso was excellent, like an aromatic electric fence.

Somebody doesn't know they're not in Kansas anymore,' said Stephanopoulos.

The study of the victim is called victimology because everything sounds better with and ology tacked on the end.

Every male in the world thinks he's an excellent driver. Every copper who's ever had to pick an eyeball out of a puddle knows that most of them are kidding themselves.

If you find yourself talking to the police, my advice is to stay calm but look guilty; it's your safest bet.

The media are doing this, not because they have a sinister motive, but because they love to feel that they are influencing events. That's why they hate politicians so much, because politicians have direct power and they do not.