Jonah, re that schoolboy being given the third degree by the Homophobe Investigation Unit of Scotland Yard and your suggestion that the Iranians need to call Tony Blair gay to get any serious reaction from the Brits. Alas, I fear even this will not work. A few years ago, at a Commonwealth Conference, Robert Mugabe called Mr Blair a “gay gangster leading the gay government of the gay United gay Kingdom”.

Unlike that schoolkid, Mr Mugabe did not receive a visit from the Homophobia Squad.