Via a couple of Dizzy postings about Nadine Dorries and her blog (being taken down), I stumble via some acrimonious comments into the jungle of claims and counter-claims involving various leading British bloggers (including Iain Dale, Guido and Tim Ireland) feuding with each other.

When such online rows start, they typically mutate and grow far beyond what the original point(s) might have been.

Thus, try as I might I just can’t fathom out what this open letter from Tim to the editor of Private Eye is trying to say. Although I note with interest that a senior British diplomat has a walk-on role.

I tip-toe back to my own little world. A bit sadder, and not a whit wiser.