He describes the authoritarian and grossly under-reported way in which our future MPs, and ministers, are being chosen.
The swing was a below average by-election one to an opposition party, and about half the swing to the party that the national polls are showing.
Even the hard Left now admit that the claim that people are happy to pay more is hollow. Their answer? Harness the politics of envy and division.
Plus: Labour – Alastair Campbell v Labour failure. Tories – Dale v Massow? Labour again: Watson V Flint V Eagle V…. And: Roy Jenkins’s sex life. P.S: I’m getting married.