Could Ed Balls soon be back in the Commons? There is a rumour going round that Labour’s veteran MP in Coventry North West, Geoffrey Robinson, who was at the centre of a huge internal row about whether he would stand down before the election, could quit and trigger a by-election:

https://twitter.com/JasonCowleyNS/status/597483138261131264

Causing Labour councillors and members of the Coventry CLP to publicly discuss parachuting Balls in:

@DamianGannon @JasonCowleyNS @georgeeaton @edballsmp @matt1nnes Cov NW needs diverse long list – I've already said I'll help put it together

— Jayne Innes (@JayneInnes) May 11, 2015

@ciarannorris @DamianGannon @JasonCowleyNS @georgeeaton @edballsmp @matt1nnes Define 'outsider' – best people mobile, local link important

— Jayne Innes (@JayneInnes) May 11, 2015

@ciarannorris @edballsmp @DamianGannon @matt1nnes Personally I don't want Cov NW to have someone who was rejected by voters elsewhere.

— Jayne Innes (@JayneInnes) May 11, 2015

They don’t sound too keen…