Letts go

Quentin Letts, freelance, says he's ended his deal with the Mail. This is presumably because of a combination of new editor Geordie Greig, and Geordie Greig's unwavering backing of the May solution to Brexit.

Quentin will presumably offer more to The Telegraph, and must have calculated the fees will still cover his midweek stays in a 'drunk bunk' at The Savile Club, before weekend returns to domestic bliss, The Church, and Country in How Caple, outside Ross-On-Wye.

Two years ago, Quentin asked "What's The Point of the Met Office ?" on Radio 4, a programme you can no longer hear on BBC Sounds.  Quentin, according to the findings of the BBC Trust, had outwitted his producers : "The task of casting contributors was shared by the Producer and the Presenter. The Producer was unaware that the two MPs who featured in the programme
were known for their strong views on climate change. "

• Thursday 0845 update: Mr Letts tells the Guardian: “I have had 18 busy and exciting years writing for the Mail and its fine readers but I have now agreed a future economic partnership – as Guardian readers might put it - with the Times, Sunday Times and the Sun.”