Clearly he needs to take time off, but "time off in lieu" is a strange way of thinking off it. Senior politicians clearly can't have a set working week - if another financial crisis kicked off, or a WWIII-threatening incident occurs, he can't limit himself to a 48 hour week.

"I'm afraid the vote of no confidence will just have to wait. I won't exceed the 48 hour Working Time Directive for anyone, and I need a toilet break"

Wait, that's an EU regulation, isn't it? He's dead set against those fuckers these days.

There are a lot (A LOT) of things to criticise the man for, but I don't think this is one of them. I'm sure during his two leadership campaigns for example he worked incredibly long hours.

I think taking TOIL to appear on a poltics show ridiculous. It's the job of being the leader of the opposition.

But he didn't sign an opt out from the WTD, though, so YOU CAN'T MAKE HIM. It's his rights, innit.

But he didn't sign an opt out from the WTD, though, so YOU CAN'T MAKE HIM. It's his rights, innit.

It's mind boggling he might do.

No-one's suggesting he's breaking any laws, or even doing anything that isn't within his rights.
But you know, there's life beyond the letter of the law: there's what's morally right given the circumstances (e.g. £170k salary to be Leader of HM Opposition, upon which giving political interviews on TV/media is absolutely fundamental to perform that role etc.), as well as precedent (ever heard of anyone else who's done this job doing this?) and even just good old, much maligned common sense.

I'm stunned that people struggle with this.

I'm stunned that you're extrapolating so much from a rumour when people from all walks of life in different jobs do this sort of thing on a regular basis if they value their home life as much as their work life. It's so weird.

I think he should do more television. A lot more...

Who? Myp?

Oh god can you even imagine?

Because always being "on the job" is definitely a good thing....

Order. Mr Docherty-Hughes, you seem to be in a state of permanent over-excitement. Calm yourself, man. Take some sort of medicament and it will soothe you. We must hear Mrs Villiers.

He's going to turn up and demand that a similar programme be put in place for single fathers or it shroud be banned, isn't he? Tw@t.

Just read yesterday's PMQ transcripts. I thought Mr Corbyn did a pretty good job of going for the government's weak spots. Unfortunately, it was all drowned out by his poor party management and leadership.

I see his 'Real fight starts now' tweet has rightly been ridiculed this morning.

C U iN courT

I'd question whether it's him being lazy or just being scrupulous with his records, it really wouldn't surprise me to learn that he also records whenever he leaves his office early too. Because despite being a very terrible leader of the opposition I always understood that he had a good record as a hard-working MP and didn't get embroiled in all the expenses mess etc.

But really without knowing the actual habits of most politicians there's no way to know if this is a story at all or just a complete distortion.

That Eye clipping image is wrong in basically every way. Bad white balance, too big, rotated, bad lighting... It is the Donald Trump presidency of quote tags.

There's a very good reason we're found at different ends of the camera.

Trump's government lost an appeal to overturn the stay on the Muslim ban immigration order last night. In response he tweeted SEE YOU IN COURT.

Court is where appeals happen. He was in court. Court is where the attorneys work so that's super convenient for them.

Also, the WA attorney general said in an interview "we've seen him in court and we're two-for-two so far."

There's a very good reason we're found at different ends of the camera.