A spokesman for the inquiry said: "Lord Justice Leveson is disappointed that the contents of confidential letters that he has written are being openly discussed in the press.

"He wants to make it clear that all recipients of these letters - which are issued in accordance with Rule 13 of the Inquiry Rules 2006 - are obliged by this confidence.”

I think the spokesman has not quite got it. The media has a different understanding of the word “confidence” which is in direct opposition to the understanding that the rest of us have.