Ronald Reagan said they were “I’m from the government and I’m here to help”, but this sentence is a new contender: “he will be forced to undertake diversity training”. A Tory councillor has been suspended for five months for using the word “retard” on Twitter. Hardly the most sensible choice of words, but the punishment seems rather disproportionate.

It’s not like he said mong, loon, spaz or nutter.