Just what the new Newsnight economics editor needs when he is being accused of being too close to the Labour Party, the Labour deputy leader sending him public solidarity on Twitter:
@DuncanWeldon sorry to c Mail attacks on you. Sending u solidarity Hang on in there. Horrid but they'll give up after a bit. H
— Harriet Harman (@HarrietHarman) March 25, 2014
Perhaps Hattie’s Twitter expert hubby could teach her how to send a private message…