If it's a question of whether Greeks want the austerity measures or not, then it's a fair bet they'll say: on balance, er, no thank you very much.

BBC: Beware of Greeks bearing votes

But he took every chance to heap praise on Linda's progression from one-finger keyboard player to, er, not much more.

BBC: Tarred feathers

If Berthe's anthem "No Time at All" stopped the show on Broadway, it's safe to say Martin's, er, enhanced version stops it even colder in the A.R.

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There's been leaders in the past who if you took the same kind of opinion poll and had the same kind of a me ... er, media focus on them, and goodness knows, no one's taken as much scrutiny and sometimes unfair scrutiny as Gordon.

BBC: Rocky times