“Oh my god,” I said, out loud, as a screengrab of a Mail on Sunday story flashed across my phone on Saturday night.
“Stone the crows! Tories accuse Rayner of Basic Instinct ploy to distract Boris,” screamed the headline, accompanied by a picture of the deputy Labour leader sitting cross-legged on the This Morning sofa.
“It must be a parody account,” I thought, hopefully. Never get your hopes up where politics are concerned.