Heartening news - somebody was wrong about something!

This is the sort of thing we need more of. Sundry TV channels and opposition parties have attempted to make mincemeat of Alistair Darling (why aren't there more Blackadder jokes about him?) because he apparently trashed the idea of nationalising Northern Rock a while ago, only to do exactly that over the weekend. But it turns out that Hansard wasn't quite quoting him correctly, so Nick Robinson has gallantly confessed. Bravo. We shall see if this ends all this fuss about Darling resigning - probably not, since admittedly the Chancellor does cut a slightly beleaguered figure at the moment. But the tug of war between an opposition which senses very senior blood in the water, and a prime minister who probably cannot afford to lose his Chancellor at a time when his own economic record is coming under fire, will be interesting, if a little exasperating, to observe.