[Chris O'Carroll]

Not sure why the latest New Statesman arrived in my inbox a day earlier than usual, but there it is.

Again this week, Nicholas Holbrook (a close personal associate of Brian Allgar's) leads the field. Brian also gets an hon mensh in his own name. Me too.

No 4227 Set by Leonora Casement
An online poll has discovered that around 11 per cent of single men would rather have the new iPad 3 than a love interest in their life. And about 3 per cent claimed they would actually leave their current partner if offered a new iPad 3 tablet. The women polled preferred the opposite, with 84 per cent choosing a new male partner over the new iPad tablet from Apple. According to www.freeipad3s.com: “For a lot of people, [the new iPad 3] is the ultimate tablet. This new Apple product tablet has come with a wide variety of multiple functions,” the website continues. We want letters/emails from a man from this 11 per cent explaining to a woman why he is not/no longer interested in her.
Max 150 words by 17 May comp@newstatesman.co.uk