They've vanished him!

Or perhaps that's too reactionary. Stephen Pollard's blog has vanished. Wiped clean. Erased. Vanished!

He's either been nailed by Mad Dog or is experiencing blogging difficulties.

Anyone hear him on Radio 5 live this morning? I reached journeys end before they got to his spot.

He has returned.

Also, some people seem to be giving him a hard time for talking about and plugging his book. Bad show if you ask me. The man wrote a frigging book and it looks like one that is turning out to be quite well thumbed. Writing a book is hard work and, frankly, if I had ever managed to complete one rather than falling after a few pages of tat, you'd never hear the end of it.

Sheesh, some people never stop talking about their jobs, or the product of their jobs, and Stephen has every right to do the same with his book.

Cripes! Mad Dog has quit:

David Blunkett has quit as home secretary after an e-mail emerged showing a visa application for his ex-lover's nanny had been fast tracked.

Mr Blunkett said he had done nothing wrong because the visa had been processed by the "system".

But he said questions about his integrity had been damaging the government.