The Guardian’s HQ is reportedly infested with an army of bed bugs, with pest controllers called in this afternoon to exterminate the critters. An earlier attempt to deep clean the premises failed…
Staff have been encouraged to work from home in the meantime if they’d rather not put up with the bugs. An internal email concedes “we appreciate this might be unsettling for some staff”, which does suggest there are at least some Guardian hacks who have no problem working in an office stuffed with parasites. Usually just reading the Guardian is enough to make anyone’s skin crawl…
Krishnan Guru-Murthy asked John Healey: “Just finally, I mean Andy Burnham has been very clear he wants Britain back in the European Union in his lifetime. Do you?”
The Chancellor replied: “I’m older than Andy Burnham. I don’t expect to see that.”