Chirac

Chirac, ardent advocate of diplomacy, yukking it up with Schroeder and Putin:

"The only thing [the British] have ever given European farming is mad cow."

"You can't trust people who cook as badly as that," he said. "After Finland, it's the country with the worst food."

"Oh no, hamburgers are nothing in comparison," Mr Chirac said.

"That's where our problems with Nato come from," he said.

Count on Chirac to epitomize bad taste.

Tony Blair in reference to the upcoming G8 summit: "I know when I go there I will be in the presence of very diplomatic people," he said.

Count on Blair to do it with class.