“On the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government: I think it should be made clear that the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats, they have not got into bed together; they are merely sharing a room.”

The News Quiz series 72, episode 1 (BBC Radio 4, 24 September 2010).

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