Back from Brussels to an email from former colleague FCO Craig Murray:

Your blog has been discussing me rather a lot lately.  May I very politely suggest that you really might look at the book if you are going to give quite such detailed views?  It is, of course, only my version of events, but it is an honest one as I saw events. 

Craig added some background on the Andrew MacKinlay MP matter as mentioned here. I think that I indeed should read Craig’s book before wading any deeper into these dark and turbulent waters.
Ordered via fab Amazon Prime. I’ll post a review/thoughts when I have read it.