Blackpool, chasing a seventh win in 17 league matches, simply could not contain Sunderland's rampant attack and had to resort to a combination of last-ditch defending, fine goalkeeping and a large slice of fortune.

At the other extreme, the view has been that light-handed 'regulation' is a euphemism for 'handsoff'.

The excellence of French flats is so well known in America, that the owner will often refer to his property as first class French flats.

But let an individual make a difficult personal decision with which those same conservatives disagree, and they suddenly become as intrusive and regulation-minded as the liberalest liberal.