If you missed the most recent edition of The Thick of It, then you missed a classic episode of what is one of the best things on TV at the moment. In particular, it is great to see how the series is reflecting the current reality of our incumbent government as they slide towards electoral defeat. The series seems to be perfectly capturing the bland nature and the utterly empty ideology of a failing government. And, in particular, this country's failing government.

Best of all is the presentation of Malcolm Tucker - a man increasingly on the edge as he tries to do what he has always done but doesn't have the same resources. With a new minister and an absolute dearth of anything to fill a conference with other than cheap stunts, he truly is trying to polish a turd. His move from verbal to physical assaults was inevitable. Yet the best line from the most recent episode doesn't go to Tucker or the terrible, foot in mouth twunt acting as the Press Officer for the conference. Instead, Glenn managed to come up with the best quip"

"I feel like I am in a therapy group being run by my own rapist."

Magic!