On Thursday, the Russian president, Vladmir Putin, accused the US of meddling in a bid to undermine the 2018 World Cup.
Salmond was stunned by the unexpected concession, which seemed to have deprived him of the opportunity to attack Westminster for meddling in Scottish matters.
Deborah talks about politicians not playing to their strengths when meddling in the day-to-day, but also believes the service's political profile can only be a good thing.
Charles's letter-writing habit has been criticised as "meddling" by some, but the prince believes it is a legitimate part of his preparations to become king.
NBC's remake of BBC2 comedy Coupling was axed after four episodes in 2003, with creator Steven Moffat – now Doctor Who showrunner – memorably berating the network for meddling with the show.
Putin accused the US of "meddling" abroad and an "illegal overreach" of its powers after the US attorney general announced fraud charges against nine senior current or former Fifa officials on Wednesday.
This meddling reflex led Sanderson and her colleagues, the cables show, to try to torpedo Préval's PetroCaribe deal with Venezuela, to help block a minimum wage hike to $5 a day (winning $3 a day, instead), and to rubberstamp and pay for an election that they knew was flawed from the start.
The Times, even though its leading article was critical of Prince Charles for meddling in politics, managed to overlook the Guardian's role in exposing the meddling.
Charles has long been accused of meddling in matters of government, but, aside from a few leaks, the public knew little of what he had actually been doing.
At Chequers, Thatcher personally confronted Gorbachev and protested that the Soviet Union was meddling in British matters and would help to prolong the strike by giving the cash.
The city hall staged a massive protest gathering at the time, led by Ian Paisley and James Molyneaux, which was designed to highlight unionist disgust at the British and Irish governments' meddling in Northern Irish affairs.
