And when asked if he ever wonders what he would have been doing if he'd bitten his lip and stayed in the Labour Party - he says he has little doubt he'd still be in the House of Lords, only not as his party's leader there, but in the guise of a humble backbencher.

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Apparently, she didn't appreciate being delayed for a drunk whose lip was bitten off by his Pomeranian.

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