Eddie Izzard has lost his bid for a seat on Labour NEC’s, falling 12,000 votes short of victory. There were six places up for grabs, he came eighth in the running, behind all the Corbynista candidates. That Izzard campaign record in full:

• join the euro
• elect Ken Livingstone
• elect Gordon Brown
• vote Yes in the AV referedum
• elect Ed Miliband
• elect Andy Burnham as Labour leader
• Remain in the EU
• run for Labour’s NEC

The lipstick kiss of death strikes again…