Auntie On Holiday

Gisela Stuart may be a Jacksonite and a Eustonite, but at least she has called for a referendum on the EU Constitution (although MPs could rule out the need for one simply by rejecting the wretched thing on the floor of the House, as most Tory and Labour MPs alike really want to do). That a Labour MP should have doubts about the EU is unremarkable to anyone who follows these things properly. But that a Labour MP should be allowed to express such views on The World At One, or on any other BBC programme, is utterly astonishing. Someone will be back from holiday within a fortnight, and heads will roll.