BBC Radio 4's PM programme has just reported that Speaker Michael Martin "has the support of MPs". Michael White made the same point on the Politics blog earlier today.
Certainly Gordon Brown's intervention will put a stop to the sniping for now.
But having spent the past hour talking to MPs from all parties I can tell you the "witch-hut" against Martin is not confined to the media.
Yes, most of those who think he should stand down are the same MPs who didn't want him to get the job in the first place - but their vitriol has not mellowed with time.
One former minister I spoke to was vicious in his condemnation of Martin. The central charge? That Martin was "never was up to the job".
Although the allegations levelled against Martin at the weekend will have made uncomfortable reading for the Speaker and his wife, the nature of attack has brought with it much sympathy from Labour and Scottish colleagues who suspect the motives of his accusers.
"I think a lot of it is snobby," one Scottish Lib Dem MP told me. "Mind you, you don't get to be top dog around here without making a few enemies."
Fortunately for Martin it is his friends who seem to be shouting loudest tonight.
