Oh dear, they’ve done it again. Imagine the scene: Gordon Brown, Lord Mandelson, the Chinese premier Wen Jiabao attending a ceremony for the signing of a trade agreement. Flags proudly flying – the trouble was that ours was upside down!

Only in Britain! Still, it could have been worse – we could have got the Chinese one wrong, which would have been a real clanger.

There were some odd headlines in the news recently – like “Anger as snow returns”. We really must learn to face facts, such as: It’s February, it’s Great Britain, it may well snow. Being angry won’t make a bit of difference.

Then there was Alistair Darlings statement “We are now facing an extraordinary downturn”. As opposed to an ordinary downturn, perhaps?

Remember the “Things can only get better” slogan – keep flying the flag.