This from the BBC is just too much.

John Simpson – who should know better – gushes on about Mugabe’s ‘extraordinary turnaround’ under a heading about ‘Mugabe’s remarkable comeback’.

A ‘sweeping victory for a man who only three months ago seemed on the ropes.’

What makes a seemingly intelligent journalist use tired and vilely inappropriate sporting cliches to describe the violent greed of this African despot as if it were some sort of meaningful achievement?

May I have a refund of my licence fee, please?