Arise Lord Banks of Stamford Bridge

Much ado in store when the dissolution honours gets its wider dissection tomorrow. Those heartlands Labour MPs who got the relevant nudges and declined them will rue the day when they fail to get in the second chamber next time round under different circumstances.

Andrew Neil referred to this crop as a political C-list and called for Guy Fawkes to be added to liven things up. What could he mean?

As for so-called republican Tony Banks...