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So, Andrew Marr declined to press David Cameron on allegations that the Conservative Leader used cocaine in the past. Cue much complaining about double standards from Labour supporters still annoyed at Marr’s now infamous line of questioning to the Prime Minister last week.

The decision to ask Brown about his alleged use of anti-depressants was clearly finely balanced; on the one hand it appeared intrusive and salacious. On the other, as Westminster Health Secretary Andy Burnham has conceded, there are circumstances in which the health of the Prime Minister and his ability to discharge his duties are a matter of legitimate public enquiry.

Since David Cameron is neither the Prime Minister, nor is alleged to have any issues around current drug use, the public interest is clearly of a different order. That is not to say there is no public interest; it can be argued that the Conservative Leader should address allegations of past criminality. But whatever your views on that, it does not follow that since Gordon Brown was asked about his drug allegations last week, David Cameron should have been subjected to a similar line of questioning today.