I have been struck by how boring and repetitive Tom Watson’s attacks on Andy Coulson have become. Sure, I don’t happen to find the alleged activities particularly pleasant, but I certainly don’t want to see this turn into a hate campaign.

I feel that Tom intends to criticise alleged immoral and criminal behaviour, but I would not like to speculate what his motives behind this campaign are: is it some warped politics of envy, or is it that he simply wants to undermine the communications machinery at the heart of government? The general public are not so stupid that they are more concerned about the style than substance. That is why Tom Watson, top blogger, is not Prime Minister,