Chris Bryant showed up on Channel 4 last night to talk about another book he has written. The self-declared crusader for political conduct said the Commons “brought ourselves terribly into disrepute, I think, on Wednesday“, before admitting that he was partly “put up” by Labour to filibuster such that negotiations with Hoyle could keep going. Labour isn’t even pretending any more…

Bryant went on to say “the whole day was grubby and we need a system which doesn’t allow people to manipulate the rules to be able to get what they want.” Newman pointed out –  “which you did” – to chuckles and smirks all round. It looks like for Bryant “conduct” is what you can get away with…