Poor Jack Dromey is going to get an earful from his right on Mrs after a morning of banter with the lads down at Erdington Royal Mail Sorting Office:

With Gareth Martin, the Pikey from the Erdington Royal Mail Sorting Office. A great guy! pic.twitter.com/785IYOC9kg

— Jack Dromey MP (@JackDromeyMP) December 13, 2013

Someone should tell poor Jack that since 2007, bizarrely, you can be prosecuted for racially aggravated harassment for using the word ‘pikey’. It has not been a good few weeks for Mr Harman.

UPDATE:

We always love your excuses @JackDromeyMP. What was that one about Paris?

— Guido Fawkes (@GuidoFawkes) December 13, 2013

UPDATE II:

Labour tells @DMcCaffreySKY that @JackDromeyMP "Pikey" tweet was autocorrect mistake, but Dromey tweets to say its a Corporal Pike nickname!

— Sophy Ridge (@SophyRidgeSky) December 13, 2013

This isn’t going very well.