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Pot & kettle

Wednesday, 29th October 2008

I'm all in favour of ritually disembowelling Jonathan Ross - the most over-rated, unfunniest egomaniac ever to grace our screens - but the idea of the wretched ex-friend Piers Morgan lining up as one of the executioners is just bizarre. After all, the ex-Mirror editor has more than done his bit to drag media standards into the gutter. If you don't believe me, check the section in his diaries where he describes how some dubious character came forward with Ross's laptop after "finding" it in a taxi. Instead of handing it back to his pal, Morgan and his team rifled through its contents, uncovering a raunchy letter that Ross had written to his, Ross's, wife. Morgan then used the epistle to pressurize Mr Charm into writing a knockabout piece for the Mirror.

I can't quote the passage word-for-word, as I'm on the move in central London. But anyone who doesn't believe me is welcome to look it up. Morgan treats it all as just a lark.

And now he takes to the pulpit of the Daily Mail. Perfect.