Sarah Sands the media 'daaarlin'

Ubiquitous Blur bassist Alex James shouldn't expect a request from the Daily Mail any time soon to write about his cheese, or farm, or whatever it is he's plugging this week. Alex was on the BBC1 Question Time panel last night, alongside Mail consultant editor Sarah Sands. Taking issue with Alex's argument that there's too much scaremongering about the London streets not being safe to walk, Sarah said pointedly that Alex lived on a farm in Gloucestershire. To which Alex drawled sarcastically: "Actually I live in Oxfordshire, daaarlin." Monkey's no expert but imagines from the look on Sarah's face that the word "daaarlin" isn't one often used to address her in Daily Mail conference.