At the height of the McCarthy witch-hunts in the 1950s, the phrase ‘reds under the bed’ alluded to the idea that rabid communists were plotting revolution everywhere – and people wonder why America remains such a paranoid country.

Anyway, enough of foreign policy. Why keep redheads under a bed? That’s got to be illegal surely? Some equal opportunities board must be campaigning against this blatant discrimination.

Because, let’s face it, after one look at these flame-haired beauties, who hasn’t got mad copper-coloured hair love? Not us, for sure…