Close Shave
Alistair Campbell, Tony Blair's former press spokesman, had a close shave after he made the following bold pledge on election night:
“I won't eat my hat, but I will eat my kilt if they (the SNP) get 58 seats”.
I imagine that the sometimes ferocious Mr Campbell (allegedly the inspiration behind 'The Thick Of It' character Malcolm Tucker) breathed a huge sigh of relief when the SNP romped home on Friday with 'only' 56 of Scotland's 59 Westminster seats.