SAINT BOB

GETS IN TOUCH

WITH POLITE SIDE

Sir Bob Geldof has told a London conference that e-mails get in the way of action in business.

As well as taking up too much time, a badly-phrased e-mail could damage you commercially - something he admitted learning from personal experience.

He said: "The tone can be wrong. An ill-considered e-mail can destroy a deal."

Would this be the same Bob Geldof who told me to "F*** off t****r" when I tried to interview him a few years ago at David Frost's annual garden party in London?