forelock-tugging, numero uno, political tug/pull

Charlie Brooker: "Well we can’t be doing with two funerals. Not in Austerity Britain. Don’t know if you’ve noticed, but the country’s up against it right now. We’re mired in debt, there’s an election on, the cold war’s simmering again, people are running off to Syria, and what are we doing? Burying a king from the middle ages."

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Why tug our forelocks to Richard III, a king who’s such a diva that he needs two funerals?

For somebody who did less for Britain than, say, Olly Murs, we’re making a...

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At Inquiry, Murdoch Plays Down His Political Pull

By JOHN F. BURNS and ALAN COWELL 10:19 AM ET

The News Corporation chief, Rupert Murdoch, sought to deflect suggestions that he wielded influence with British officials to further his corporate interests.

These are in the words of's recent book, , who watch out not only for numero uno but for the wider public as well. There is no better example of what it really takes to be a Transcendent than the first black president of South Africa, Nelson Mandela. He was able to soar above hatred for his white jailers, the political tug of the African National Congress, the pull of his racial and tribal group, and the rejection by the Afrikaners to build a South Africa for all South Africans. Now in his 90s, he is perhaps the world's greatest living leader.

forelockLine breaks: fore|lock

Pronunciation: /ˈfɔːlɒk/ 

Definition of forelock in English:

noun

1A lock of hair growing just above the forehead.

1.1The part of the mane of a horse or similar animal, which grows from the poll and hangs down over the forehead.

Phrases

take time by the forelock

1

literary Seize an opportunity.

EXAMPLE SENTENCES

touch (or tug) one's forelock

2

British Raise a hand to one’s forehead in deferencewhen meeting a person of higher social rank.

forelock-tugging
  (British)

showing too much respect towards someone who is in a high position As the General marched in, the collective forelock-tugging

[MASS NOUN]

Obsequious or overly deferential behaviour:remember when obtaining a mortgage for a house required a great deal of forelock- tugging?

numero uno
(nū'mə-rō ū'nō, nyū'-)
n. Slang

1. One that is first in rank, order, or importance.
2. One's own interests; oneself.

adj.
Number one.

[Spanish número uno or Italian numero uno, number one.]