The government has announced the members of the Social Work Taskforce, including The Sun's agony aunt Deirdre Saunders. When I saw the news it made me think back, with a shudder, to the press conference that Ed Balls held about the Baby P case. Instead of using the event to find answers to the questions that really mattered about the case, a shameless reporter from The Sun  instead opted to plug the petition the paper had run demanding the sacking of the social workers involved in the case - and worst still, Balls appeared to endorse it.

But am I wrong to tar the appointment of Deirdre Saunders with the same brush? Is it a clever move to represent the popular public and get the media on board?