Warsi was poised to flounce, they groan, once her hopes of shaping UK policy were exposed as delusions.
Most end up agreeing with the skin specialist to whom he first took samples of his fibre-stained cotton: his sores are self-inflicted and he suffers from delusions of parasitosis (DOP), a psychiatric condition in which people falsely believe themselves to be infested.
Diagnosed with a number of mental health problems, he was a relentless attention seeker with delusions of grandeur and a con man, who elevated his personal grievances with the heavenly glow of Islamic jihadism.
We found this even when patients felt they were suffering delusions or were closed down and uncommunicative.
I put it to her that telling a patient with paranoid delusions that her fears are real would be extremely dangerous.
Assuming that Carole was suffering from schizophrenia, I wonder what effect it might have had on her, having therapists validate her darkest delusions.
Others still might suffer delusions in addition to their undiagnosed neuropathic illness.
Of course, these are not questions to concern war correspondents such as the Sun's Dan Wootton, who is keen to have a good crisis, and will take whatever risks with his personal safety are necessary to bring back the story to a public too coddled by its delusions to realise what is at stake.
Time for plenty more delusions and disillusions until then.
Also well-observed was the fact that delusions are not cast over us for our sake, but for the benefit of those weaving the false reality – an anaesthetic given to us by those who would do us harm.
I wanted to speak with Turner because I've heard that delusions and paranoias like the ones Carole suffered are a common facet of the condition.
