Kevin Maguire is on surprisingly good form in his weekly Stagger’s whispers. First we learn that the Prime Mentalist has taken to hugging bunker guests just in case they thought they were going to get a Nokia to the head, and more secondly we get a glimpse at just how low the Labour machine will stoop to hoover up a bit more cash. The lobby press pack are up in arms at Labour demanding £13,000 for the pleasure of following around Gordon on the campaign trail. To charge such absurd amount of money for a seat on a bus is transparently an attempt to boost the very empty coffers.

They should be begging them to come.