As regular readers will know, Guido takes his role as a campaigning blogger very seriously. He has also learnt that Team Miliband are avid readers of the blog, so with just three weeks to go until Valentines’ Day, he thought he should unveil his new crusade – to get Ed Miliband to propose marriage to Justine, the mother of his children. Sod the red rose of Labour, he should get his priorities right and be sending some her way.

Time to turn that poll lead into a double digit gap, get some of that Royal Wedding uplift. It is the right thing to do, show your support for the family, become eligible for the marriage tax allowance, propose to Justine and lead her up the aisle. It’s time to make her an honest woman, come on Ed, on your knees with a sparkling ring…