The stretch of HS2 from Birmingham to Manchester is in doubt today as the government refuses to stretch to a confirmation that it will stretch as far as Manchester.
Opposition figures criticised the government for stretching the truth when they announced last year that it would stretch all the way and not be cut back.
"It's stretching credulity to think that in these hard times, at a stretch, they aren't considering cuts" said a spokesman.
We can confirm that in the creation of this article we did not use a stretched limo, but we did stretch a point until it had to be carried off on a stretcher.