Lively debate at our Parliamentary Party meeting. Much desire from everyone to ensure the party moves further ahead in this Parliament and lots to discuss about how best to do it.

In the evening dash back to join the celebrations at Ally Pally for 40 years of Haringey Borough. A whole line of ex-councillors from days of yore told their tale after the dinner – very interesting historically.

Undercurrents of tension around the room – seems to me there is much blaming going on by Labour of everyone but themselves for the loss of the parliamentary seat. I guess they can see the writing on the wall for the council elections next year. But, just like Tony, their ‘listening and learning’ from the results of the election and the message that Haringey residents sent to them doesn’t appear to have gone in at all. Jolly good I say. Let them blame me, blame council officers, blame Blair, blame anyone but themselves – that way they will be too busy fighting each other and moaning to stop the Lib Dems taking control of the council next May.