Ming got the Arctic Monkey test wrong at Brighton last week. He said that they had sold more records than the Beatles when he should have said that they had released the fastest selling album of all time. But Ming's point was that he wasn't claiming to be a fan.

The politician who loves the Arctic Monkeys is Gordon Brown, who told Woman magazine (according to the Telegraph)

Gordon Brown would have preferred to be a football manager if he had not become a politician. His wife Sarah thinks George Clooney should play him in a film, while his dream woman, apart from his wife, is the Burmese pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi.

He gets coy when asked if he wears boxer shorts or briefs - "whatever comes to hand. But they are all M&S".

Nor will he reveal what he wears in bed - "That's between me and the bed sheets" - but says the Arctic Monkeys on his iPod "really wakes you up in the morning".

So it is a pity that Gordon Brown can't name any of their songs

Chancellor Gordon Brown has admitted that he cannot name any of the songs from the debut album of award-winning band the Arctic Monkeys.
Mr Brown has previously said he was a fan of the group, but failed to identify any of their songs when questioned about them.