the bbc today takes another hatchet to the english language in a cliche ridden piece of navel gazing labour party PR. this kind of illiteracy will give hope to the many kids bunking off school who still want a nicely paid job with expenses. as all those labour voters contemplate the new vw beetle and the nike baseball cap as promised in the manifesto, some of us might wonder again how ali abbas is doing with his 'new arms' (as reported by the bbc).