Back in October, Guido quoted a Shadow Minister who said he wanted Jess Phillips to be the next Labour leader. In December, Julie Burchill wrote in Spectator Life: “She’s going to be leader of the Labour party one day”. Well, Phillips fancies it, telling Newsnight:

“Yes, absolutely I would consider doing it, a long time in the future. It’s not something I’m planning on doing any time soon but it’s absolutely something I would do in the future, yes.”

No “ball coming loose at the back of the scrum” nonsense with our Jess…