Fortunately cameraman Scottie is an old hand at these situations and we'd gone in prepared.

CNN: Darfur diary: Best of a bad situation

He said the session - held to examine how well Whitehall is prepared for the possibility of a hung parliament - had gone "from the sublime to the ridiculous".

BBC: Justice Committee

For the first time in living memory, a prime minister of the UK has gone to an EU summit, not only prepared to say no, but in the event actually used the veto when it became necessary in our national interest.

BBC: Cameron EU veto a 'watershed moment' - DUP