But, because congressmen are making a show of being unpolitical, they are not swayed by this.

ECONOMIST: The political mincing-machine

The financial markets have trouble believing the last part, which suggests the decision to buy bonds is entirely unpolitical.

BBC: The great shakedown in Cannes

But music, pure, simple, apparently unpolitical, remained her weapon of first resort.

ECONOMIST: Miriam Makeba

Is it not an insult both to voters and to the House of Commons to make a minister of this unelected, unaccountable and unpolitical media mogul?

ECONOMIST: Peer pressure

As for being unpolitical, Mr Macdonald is a long-time Labour supporter who quit the party when he became involved in broadcasting, again entirely properly to avoid too obvious a conflict of interest.

ECONOMIST: Peer pressure

His purpose in Kashmir had not been entirely unpolitical.

ECONOMIST: Heinrich Harrer