Tory MP and onetime leadership hopeful Rehman Chishti had some fun with heavy-breathing lobby hacks on Sunday as he announced “A personal statement coming shortly” on Twitter before keeping radio silence for three hours and then announcing… his engagement. The original tweet managed to rack up a whopping one million views in the meantime…

Today in the Commons Lindsay Hoyle has jibed at Chishti over the stunt:

“Congratulations on the engagement over the weekend – not crossing the floor I understand?“

“Most definitely not, most definitely not” came the reply. Got to keep Twitter-glued lobby hacks on their toes somehow…