"Deputy" (though real) Leader of the the Scotlandshire Branch of London's second biggest party, triumphantly led 9 of his colleagues into invisibility tonight.

Had they (and their English and Welsh colleagues) turned up to vote for Labour's motion to reinstate the Spare Room Subsidy, it would have passed - causing irreperable damage to the London property market.

We are proud to salute them for this inaction, and the Victory they ensured that London would get. Indeed we are so proud of them that we salute that Victory vigorously with both hands!

There can be little doubt that the continued invisibility from the vote of Cowdenbeath MP, Gordon Brown, will be welcomed in that town when they go to the polls soon to elect an MSP.

Having suffered under their representation by Helen Eadie, a Labour rebel who cared for Cowdenbeath and its people, and forgot her principal responsibility to protect the leadership in London from embarassment, voters will leap at the opportunity to elect a real Labour representative. Like the new MSP for Dunfermline, we are sure that the new Labour MSP for Cowdenbeath will only say what she is told to say, and do what she is told to do.