Peter Kilfoyle MP has tabled an EDM opposing the coronation of Blair as President of the European Council. At least that’s what he probably means – there is no such job of President of the European Union…that’s just a phrase used by lazy journalists and ignorant backbench Labour MPs. This is the text:

“That this House believes that, on his record in international affairs, Tony Blair is wholly unsuitable to be President of the European Union; that the Foreign Secretary is both wrong and unwise to promote his candidature for the post; and believes that there should be a full public debate before the Government contemplates embarking on such a recommendation.”

These are the signatories so far:

1. Kilfoyle, Peter
2. Hancock, Mike
3. Spink, Bob
4. Cook, Frank
5. Drew, David
6. Holmes, Paul
7. McDonnell, John
8. Corbyn, Jeremy
9. Davies, Dai

A particuarly odd and semi-detatched group, but it’ll be interesting to see who else signs up to this piece of pointless Parliamentary theatrics. Ironic that it contains MPs who reneged on their manifesto commitment to a referendum on the EU Constitution – a referendum which would had stopped us ending up in this position in the first place.