Dispatches from the edge of sanity:

An action man-style doll of Tony Blair is being dramatically outsold by the Osama bin Laden figure, it emerged today.

The plastic prime minister, complete with fixed grin, ruffled hair and dressed in an army uniform, has not sold a single model in its first six weeks on offer.

By contrast, sales of the Bin Laden doll on US-based internet site, Herobuilders.com, are already approaching 5,000.