River deep, mountain high

IS it really only seven days since Cyprus? It feels more like seventy.

A snappy compilation of sound-bites from the past week might run something like this: Stan must go! Bring back Brian! Stan must go! Bring back Stan! Delaney must go! Bring back...Fran!?!

Well, maybe not, but when a feeding frenzy takes hold, the plate can end up piled high with severed heads, even if no-one is entirely sure what they’ll have for seconds.