Speaking of that particular ex-Tory, he was on newsnight a few days ago talking about party loyalty. No really.

On second thoughts, since Clarke & Milburn already have cushy corporate sinecures, they might be relieved to be kicked out of parliament…

And what gets me about all this “lurching left” business is that the party has lost half of its membership and millions of its traditional voters – whose aspirations for social justice were denied as New Labour rimmed the rich.