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Alfred's father and another man in the group managed to prise his head from its jaws.

Plenty of pundits believe the north London side will be experienced enough now to prise the trophy away from City and hold off other challengers.

He is also extremely settled in the North East with his family; it might be hard to prise him away, even if compensation could be agreed.

The country is now trying to come to terms with the shock of what has just happened, now that power has been prised from the hands of the country's long-time ruler.

He has sought to prise their fingers from the party machine and gain control, you might say, “piece by piece”.