only way is up! I was disappointed that a smiling David Slack appeared on the programme last week. I'm disappointed if the impression I conveyed was that I didn't disapprove of what he'd said. I was trying to provide an opportunity for him to mend bridges. I did make the argument that we should mock the powerful, not the vulnerable. One thing, though. It seems to be generally believed that he used the word 'retard'. In fact, I don't believe he did. He mocked the fact that Susan Boyle was 'mildly retarded'. Bad enough, you may well say, but I think we need to get the charge sheet right. Actually, I think it's worse. Slinging the word "retard" around is one thing, actually pointing to someone who has problems and inviting people to laugh at those problems is just nasty. As my mother would have said, he is a nasty little man. One thing, though. It seems to be generally believed that he used the word 'retard'. In fact, I don't believe he did. He mocked the fact that Susan Boyle was 'mildly retarded'. Bad enough, you may well say, but I think we need to get the charge sheet right. Fair enough. Although even the word "retarded" is a very loaded one these days. It didn't seem accidental to me that he passed over the term everyone else had been using -- "learning disability" -- in favour of the nastier "retarded". The other thing about Henry is that he