Ehud Olmert has long been the pit bull of Israel's right-wing Likud Party, always ready to tear into a political foe

On the first vert, he reared up the side and let the bike take him out. Midair, he made the 180 turn and slipped back in. This time, as he hit the other side, his whole body slipped off the bike, until only his hands held onto the handlebars. The skaters deliberately turned away as the bikers chanted, ‘Superman! Superman! Superman!’

He looked up with a hunted expression.

Your husband is at hand; I heare his Trumpet, / We are not tell-tales, Madam; feare you not.