Or, I smell a Ratty...

And there's more.....This is how sad I am  - my mind is working overtime and I know you will think that I am  dreaming up conspiracy theories, however, just bear with me a moment.

What Winston, Brown’s right hand man in a white lab coat has effectively done, via his interview with the Telegraph, is blow the two most contentious aspects of the Embryology Bill right out of the water.

He has stated that his position, as the government expert on this Bill, is completely at odds with the PM.

Winston, who argued till the cloned cows came home in the Lords, and then voted for saviour sibling and animal-human hybrids, has now suddenly, totally, changed his opinion.

This will cause mayhem and confusion next week amongst MPs and Peers.

Add what Winston has done today, bearing in mind this is one serious underpants on the outside of his trousers geek of a science boffin, to what Frank Field has written in this weeks Spectator and what do you get?

As (was it Ratty or Toad?) used to say in Wind in the Willows, and as I oft repeat, what is occurring?

Plots and scheming and dirty tricks that’s what.

Winston knew exactly what he was doing during that interview in today’s Telegraph; he was firing a sniper shot straight through the door of No10, as was Frank in the Spectator.

The question is, are they lone marksmen, or is this monkey warfare? Are these two men leading the attack to bring Brown down on two different fronts alone, or are they the first campaigns in what is about to become a bigger battle?

Phew, now I’ve got that of my chest I can get back to the ironing - now that really is sad!!