What do I make of the BBC’s moral high ground bedfellow of choice, the Guardian, and its decision to ‘expose’ the fact that Britain has been using its spies to keep an eye on the comings and goings of foreign powers?

Am I shocked, for instance, that MI6 bug the conversations of, say, Turkish diplomats and politicians, to find out what they are thinking? No, actually I’m quite relieved.

For sure as hell we can be certain all other nations – and I mean all – are bugging us.

The only shock is the sheer naivety of the Guardian – it printed its allegations just as the G8 Summit started for maximum embarrassment for the Tory Cameron government – who either believe the rest of the world are angels, or that keeping Britain safe and with a competitive edge so that we enjoy prosperity is simply wrong. You decide which.