More muppetry?

The Sadiq Khan bugging story is developing in interesting ways. For one thing, the report on the BBC last night tried to suggest that the bug may have been ordered by the Americans. Without quoting any evidence whatsoever for said assertion. Who said journalism was on the decline in this country?

But in our usual way, we're enjoying how this once again seems to suggest rampant muppetry in the back-room staff of senior politicians. First, David Davis says he sent a letter on December 11 - a letter about national security which, apparently, no-one checked or followed up on. How did they send it? First-class post? Registered delivery? Departmental inter-transfer? Teleportation?

And then, assuming it got there, no-one at Number 10 recorded its arrival or, apparently, showed it to the PM. Somebody, somewhere has been behaving like a small, felt-lined hand puppet. And for once it doesn't seem to have been the spooks.