I’m intrigued about one thing regarding the latest media outrage against John Prescott.

Are they wanting him to go because a) he was photographed playing a game while nominally “in charge” of the country? Or b) because he was playing croquet, “a game for the upper class”, while Prescott is supposed to be “working class”.

Would the media (and in particular, the Mail on Sunday, who paid for the photos) have been anywhere near as interested if Prescott had been playing, say, darts? Or five-a-side football?