Lawyer gave Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn advice during leadership election, ANDREW PIERCE

The numerous commuters whose lives have been made a distress by putting rail staff can add a brand new identify to the hate-list of individuals they will blame — Jeremy Corbyn.

Not content material with backing Southern Railway employees of their dispute (as all Outdated Labourites resembling Comrade Corbyn would), the Labour chief is now linked with a well-heeled lawyer whose purchasers embody the rail union RMT.

The Labour chief, above, was given authorized recommendation from a barrister who has additionally suggested the rail union RMT

For the newest register of MPs' pursuits reveals that Corbyn has acquired a 'profit in type' from John Hendy QC.

The barrister is described reasonably immodestly on his chambers web site as 'terrific fighter', an 'authoritative silk' and a 'star performer'.

And it now seems that he gave free authorized recommendation to Corbyn in the summertime throughout the Labour management election when his enemies tried to cease him placing his identify ahead routinely because the incumbent with out having to get nominations.

With high QCs typically charging charges at a charge of £1,000-plus an hour, Hendy clearly did Corbyn a giant favour.

Certainly, he has a protracted historical past of working for the unions, having helped Arthur Scargill by performing for the miners' union in all their civil circumstances throughout their strike within the Thatcher years.

Gloriously impartial minded Baroness Boothroyd criticised those that do not flip up

Gloriously independent-minded former Commons Speaker Baroness Boothroyd, speaking of the bloated Home of Lords, commented that some new friends had been 'No 10 advisers despatched right here as foyer fodder', and who she stated hardly ever converse and thus 'do us a disservice'.

I'm satisfied she was referring to Baroness (Kate) Fall of Ladbroke Grove, certainly one of David Cameron's loyal Downing Avenue PR advisers and a former girlfriend of George Osborne. 

She has spoken solely twice within the Lords since she being controversially ennobled final 12 months.

Making mischief in regards to the election of Donald Trump, Tory MP Nigel Adams has made a suggestion to Theresa Might she'll little doubt refuse: 'I'm not certain whether or not the Prime Minister is a fan of Inexperienced Day [a U.S. rock band], however I'm certain that if she did go to a live performance, she'd have the time of her life.' He was clearly referring to one of many group's songs — American Fool — and Mrs Might's first assembly with the brand new President.

If as anticipated, former Labour high-flyer Andy Burnham is elected mayor of Manchester subsequent Might and steps down as an MP, his former Westminster comrades would face a tough by-election in his Leigh constituency.

With Ukip making critical inroads into northern, working-class seats, the social gathering's new chief Paul Nuttall, a no-nonsense Liverpudlian, has bought his eyes on the Larger Manchester constituency which has a 14,000 Labour majority.

Nuttall says: 'I'm open to having a dialog about it and can give it critical consideration.'

Undoubtedly, he's properly conscious of the truth that Leigh voted 64 per cent in favour of Brexit.

A weird coincidence has been famous over allegations of historic little one intercourse abuse by former PM Edward Heath. A person accused of sexually abusing younger footballers in his care at Chelsea FC within the Seventies was Eddie Heath. The New Statesman journal stated: 'Did the police or certainly one of their computer systems muddle the 2?' 

I'm undecided who comes out worst from this story — the Welsh folks or the repute of the EU.

Definitely, it's embarrassing to each. Researchers at Cardiff College's Wales Governance Centre carried out a survey of greater than three,000 voters within the Principality to check their political consciousness. One query listed eight names and requested which, if any, had been Welsh MEPs.

One of many high names chosen was 'Elwyn Davies'. Nonetheless, he doesn't exist — it was a fictitious identify. I ponder what number of Welsh folks assume Neil Kinnock is Prime Minister!

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