Peter Bone is leading counter-revolutionary demands to scrap the forthcoming televised Lobby briefings fronted by Allegra Stratton, which – if it hadn’t been for the third Covid wave – would have already begun broadcasting by now. It’s clear Bone has got the wrong end of the stick: this switch to broadcasting isn’t a move to empower journalists over the Commons, it’s a move to make the current briefing system more transparent. As Rees-Mogg eloquently explained, while dodging the request for a debate…