Quote of the day

"Our job as a bookseller is to bring books to our customers, and where possible enable them to meet authors as well. It is a matter of regret that because of the likely actions of a minority, our customers are now not able to meet a three-times elected prime minister of the United Kingdom, whose book has become our fastest-selling autobiography ever."

Step forward Dominic Myers, Waterstone's brown-tongued lickspittle of a managing director, commenting on the cancellation of Tony Blair's book signing in one of their central London stores.