it is from such primitive beings that the highest organisms now extant are the marvellously developed descendants

The poll, a joint cross-channel venture carried out by ICM in Britain and BVA Institute in France on behalf of the Guardian and the newspaper Libération, follows a difficult period in Anglo-French history in the wake of the Iraq conflict.

Nothing like a slock of cake on a chilly evening, is there?

Everything I do, I do for you.