This is a prime example of the sort of things causing editor decline; along with the sort of asshattery which saw Andy Mabbett threatened with a block (on BLP grounds) for creating a one-line stub about an MEP.
Given that politicians are a prime target for BLP trolls, it wasn’t unreasonable to ask him to actually get it right IMO.
Sadly it can never just be a discussion; someone has to get the tone a bit wrong, Andy has an outburst at them, the rest is history.
Lack of FOP sucks!!!
Tom