You can tell there is an election in the offing as the level of abuse mixed with panic from the Labour benches rises to even more unedifying heights than usual at tonight’s full council meeting.

Particularly irksome to them, apparently, was our motion suggesting that the PFI deal with Jarvis for the Whittington Hospital was a problem. It’s a bad tradition of Haringey Council to let Labour submit “delete all and replace with…” amendments – despite what the rules say. Needless to say, that’s just what Labour submits this time too.

The snow is coming down thick and fast as we leave Haringey Civic Centre – so instead of a debriefing at a public house – we all head straight off home.