Nadine Dorries vs. Science.

(From Guardian Unlimited)

Nadine Dorries is to political discourse what Basil Fawlty was to hotel management, and the return of the Conservative MP to Twitter a few weeks ago was destined to lead to great amusement for all involved.

And so it came to be. First a disabled constituent was subjected to a bizarre attack questioning her right to benefits , for daring to use Twitter to criticise the MP. Then came an admission to a parliamentary watchdog that her blog was "70% fiction".

Now her strange outbursts have escalated to attacks on bloggers and journalists who report on her activities. Blogger Tim Ireland was accused of harassment after daring to investigate "Forsaken", a pro-life charity Nadine had made various claims about ; and then today legal pundit David Allen Green was challenged over a blog he wrote for the New Statesman.

Dorries accused David of "deliberately making such …