Nelson's famous victory

Over at CoffeeHouse, we learn that Ed Balls is throwing his toys out of his pram. He has had a go at Fraser Nelson who is not, we now see, one to keep quiet about a major victory. Well, what else would you call it when the Cabinet Minister closest to the Prime Minister phones to object to your scoring a direct hit on him? Do read it all. It is beyond delicious. Fraser revealed all and asked for readers' comments. Here's mine. ______________________-- Friendly word to the wise, Ed, old boy. Don't be a bigger arse than you have to be. Try not to get caught in public with your shorts around your ankles which is what your little outburst today amounts to. It shatters one's dignity which, in your position, may be all you have left. Yelling at an industrious media-blogger makes you look like a thuggish twerp. It alienates other journalists just when you are running short of friends in that quarter. If you really can’t help yourself, try to remember that although the Speccie’s readership is dominated by Tory anoraks, your target may have other readers, such as the C2D types who lap up Fraser Nelson’s thoughts over at the News of the Screws on whose votes you may have to depend for a few votes. As to the substance of the thing, you might want to think about picking a fight with a bloke whose figures are all public domain and verifiable when the gist of his point is that your own figures are not quite… well, d’you see what you did there? Oh, and I lied about 'friendly'.