Guido was on the Commons terrace last night drinking subsidised Guinness.  In the bar were some of the shadiest racketeers in Britain, hanging around for a Finance Bill vote on Bingo (Guido kids you not). In the bar were wannabee Red Rag bloggers Charlie Whelan and Kevin “Make it up” Maguire – they made a swift exit before Guido could say “hello”.  Gordon’s thuggish enforcer and chief whip Nick Brown was holding court like the mafia boss he resembles.  A glum Lembit was literally propping up the bar all night.  Outside on the terrace another disgraced LibDem, Andrew George, was glued to his mobile phone – no doubt still spinning that his daughter “sometimes” stays at his taxpayer financed flat – in reality it is him who sometimes stays there from Monday to Wednesday night and his daughter is there all week.  (If he wants to challenge Guido on this he’ll be sorry).

Geoff Hoon was glumly sipping his beer, he downed his last pint and did that “I know who you are” stare thing that Labour figures have taken to doing with Guido, before  presumably leaving for the bed we have bought for him.  Rosie Winterton, Phil Woolas and a large gang of Labour cronies all looked pretty miserable.  The low morale of Labour MPs was palpable, the perfect storm of smear and sleaze revelations has broken them.  Guido will drink to that for some time…