Messrs Clegg and Cable were left with a horrendous sales pitch of which they have made a horrendous Horlicks.
George Bush is under pressure from key supporters to allow American companies to get a piece of the action.Michael BarronGlasgowNo from the IrishSIR – As an Irish voter I would like to explain why I voted no in the recent Nice treaty referendum ("Ahem, Ahern, a horlicks", June 16th).
Ahem, Ahern, a horlicks Tutti frutti Jack Straw An ex-king for ex-communists?
As Jack Straw, the foreign secretary, had admitted to the committee on June 24th, it had all been a "complete Horlicks".Rather than pulling the rug from under Mr Campbell, as some had suggested, Mr Straw was applying the old lawyer's trick of extravagantly conceding what had already been conceded.
Back then we spent a mere £700,000 on the games and every British male competitor got a free pair of Y-fronts and a cup of Horlicks.
If you make a horlicks of one drive on a pheasant shoot, there will be another one along in a moment.
Horlicks' farmers aren't the only ones facing this crisis.
This all fits nicely with the chancellor's narrative for his speech tomorrow: Labour made a right horlicks of things; it has taken longer than we thought to clear up the mess; we stuck to our guns even when things were looking a bit sticky; we are now feeling the benefits; trust us to finish the job.
The equaliser came after Wim Jansen was denied a chance to break into the German box by an imperious Beckenbauer interception, then made a proper horlicks of chasing back after Bernd Hölzenbein, who was making good towards the area up the other end.
There is, for once, a way out of the Horlicks.
Updated at 8.40pm BST 8.34pm BST Tiger makes a bit of a horlicks of 2. He's in sand for two, then leaves his chip well short, before overhitting a long birdie effort straight into the cup, the ball refusing to topple in.
