Oh dear, my latest blog seems to have caused quite a bit of a kerfuffle on the Twittersphere — I only wrote the piece as a constructive criticism of the Labour selection system. However, saying that, I can also spot a story when I see one.

To just confirm my journalistic integrity and that of Total Politics, I will confront any criticisms right now. I have not misquoted a team member, I did not mishear and nor am I blatantly lying. And, to clarify, to assume that I can forget two brief lines about trade unions is a little bit rich. In fact, I held sustained conversations about unions all night.

I'll only add one thing to that mix and that is that King herself was very eloquent in her party speech and never expressed the opinions of some of her team members. I stand by my story.

PS. I had a notebook nearby.

Sunny Hundal's written an account of my blog. You can read it here.