„Gordon insisted – despite a heavy brow-beating from Rebekah – that he was not willing to let his son‘s medical condition be the stuff of a Sun exclusive,“ recalls this source. „So he put out a statement on PA to spike their scoop and make clear that despite his condition, Fraser was fit and healthy. The Sun were utterly furious, and Brown‘s communications team were told that if Gordon wanted to get into No10, he needed to learn that was not how things were done.“

Yes, how DARE the then-chancellor refuse to accept that his child‘s health was not technically a commercial Murdoch property? I‘d like to tell you there‘s a sick bag located in the rear pocket of the seat in front of you. But I‘m afraid you‘re on your own.