Guido has heard idle speculation that the marriage of Ed and Justine could happen as early as this July, a neat segue from the Royal Wedding into Labour Party conference. As regular readers will know, Guido has been campaigning to get Ed Miliband to propose to Justine, the mother of his children and make an honest women of her. Valentine’s Day passed with no news of a sparkly…

The Mail reports a Labour spokesman saying: ‘There is no sense that the wedding is being held up in any way. They will announce the date in their own time.’ Ed was his brother David’s best man, the same spokesman would not be drawn on whether David would return the favour. Perhaps he’ll ask Ed Balls…