Power to the staffers!

The newshounds at Auntie are hot on the story of the new ruling that dictates that House of Commons staffers have to genuflect before Members of Parliament as they push past us in the queue.

Apparently, our champions in this matter are the Liberal Democrats' resident Cheeky Boy Lembit Opik and some trade union bloke called "Ken" Flack who, we can only assume, is the twin brother of our hero, Kevin.

Either that or there's been a bloodless coup at the Unite union since the branch meeting on Monday.