Europe calls

Lobbydog was chatting with Sherwood MP Paddy Tipping last night and he started a line of attack on Clarke that we'll hear a lot more of.

“The Tory party have put such a lot of emphasis on having a new beginning and being a new party that to bring Ken back works against all of that.

“That’s not to mention the whole question of Europe – he has apparently agreed not to go against party line which means that there is a whole area of policy that no-one in the shadow cabinet is allowed to ask him about.

“As shadow business secretary Europe is vital and I can’t see him not getting deeply involved in those issues.”