Alex Salmond is undoubtedly the most successful politician practising in these islands today. He has led Scots first to an SNP majority at Holyrood, now to the brink of a historic break with the rest of the UK (rUK?).

Data from more large-bodied lorisoids would be needed to confirm this.

What between the Cowley cricketings, and the Isis boatings, Mr. Verdant Green only read by spasmodic fits […]

Essentially stoic, passive characters, Kristina and the others triumph by surviving — by outliving their plagues and tribulations.