Great turnip's candle flickers, then finally bursts into flame

Eric Pickles started the day quietly, but by the close of play Labour MPs were feeling the sharp end of his tongue The big event in the Commons on Monday was William Hague's statement on Iran and its nuclear reactors. This was very technical, and I leave readers to find enlightenment elsewhere in this paper. Beforehand we heard from the local government secretary, Eric Pickles, who – to misquote