1.   It is being said with some conviction that Labour inflicted a serious blow on itself with that Sheffield monster rally.

2.   For the uninitiated, monster truck rallies are events in which huge trucks with huge tires race against each other as they leap over buses and cars.

3.   Monster truck rallies and bridge come to mind.

4.   More noise than a monster truck rally.

5.   Until recently, the idea of riding a bicycle in Paris struck me as being about as sensible as entering a Vespa in a monster truck rally.