She said the prosecutor had been hugely disappointed by Masipa's verdict".He did his utmost best.He's devastated now, Gerrie Nel, but I can only say that he pulled his guts out for Reeva.He always spoke of her and he was doing his best.He did the best job anybody could do".
She required guts to do it – her single greatest quality – and she deserved some cross-party support, particularly on two occasions: the Falklands and the miners strike, when her personal resolve made all the difference between victory or defeat.
With even the conservative commentariat attacking his government, it was calculated to give the impression he was listening (sure, things have been a bit ragged) and making concessions (yes, ABC cuts are at odds with what I said before the election), while pointing out hand on heart that he had "guts" and "conviction" (one thing no one had ever really doubted).
Who knows, England might even have been able to compete at this World Cup with the guts of Dubai 2012 nourished and preserved, and with Root, Jos Buttler and Moeen Ali upgrades on Ravi Bopara, Craig Kieswetter and Samit Patel.
When you come in at that age and do that with established players, well, it shows you have guts and a real desire to claim the ball.
And she has shown guts by being one of the first out of the blocks, confirming to the BBC's Andrew Neil on Sunday that she is running in the leadership contest and setting out her diagnosis of Labour's defeat.
Art – whether it be one of Ali's murals mixing Qur'anic calligraphy with Banksy-style graphic impact, or Aisha Zia's play No Guts, Ho Heart, No Glory, staged in a boxing gym and telling true stories of young Bradford girls' lives – was the channel for that conversation, a way of undermining polarities and finding some shared ground.
He has got plenty of guts and lots of skill.
If X Factor can manage to pull all this off, those nine words might not feel like such a stab in the guts come Christmas.
Few directors would have the imagination, the guts or the resources to reimagine America's slaving past as a spaghetti western/blaxploitation thriller, but the result is Tarantino's most politically provocative movie, and one of his most entertaining – up to a point.
To shout out loud, hearts and guts: Naw.
