Just why is perennial Labour loser Katie Ghose finding it so impossible to find a seat? Ghastly Ghose has been rejected by Brighton Labour, Grimsby Labour and York Labour, but with her Electoral Reform Society hat on, she reckons she’s found the answer:

Dear Guido

Today we’re pleased to launch our new report, Women in Westminster: predicting the number of female MPs.

We’ve found that the number of female MPs is set to rise after this year’s election – but progress is slow. Why?

In large part, it’s because of our broken voting system.

Definitely nothing to do with the Oxford-educated parachuting southerner bagging up her carpets and rolling up at seats across the country without even bothering to change her website from her past failed attempts…