Alex was a bit drunk in the Diary Room, and I like him a lot more this way. When he *came out* with that cool line, I thought 'Yay Alex...you're not such a 'chipstick after all!', and I reckon that very line did him a lot of favours with the voting public too. He seems to come alive and is at his funniest and naughtiest when he has had a drink...so I say drink up Alex we want to see more of you like this.
*and by the way the naughtier word is much nicer than the clean one...*