Ooh la la! François Hollande is refusing to deny that he has been bonking glamorous French actress Julie Gayet. Tabloid mag Closer has photos of the pair routinely arriving separately at a Paris flat in the evening before a chauffeur delivers croissants on a motorbike in the morning. Hollande says the revelations are an “attack on the right to privacy”. Which either means it’s true or he put it out there himself to boost his ratings.

Either way, at least we can guarantee this is a policy Miliband won’t be copying…