Political put-downs!

I’ve long lamented the decline of unrehearsed verbal jousting in the world of politics so President Obama’s recent response to a heckler provided a refreshing flashback to a time when the political arena was awash with unscripted, rapier sharp repartee. Who can forget the wonderful Robin Day’s remark to the unfortunate “here today, gone tomorrow”, Minister of Defence, John Nott or the brutally snobbish but wounding put-down that “Michael had to buy his own furniture”, allegedly made by Michael Jopling of Michael Heseltine and reported, somewhat gleefully, by Alan Clark in his diaries? Oh, for a return to wittier times