Will Sir Ed Davey hand back his knighthood?

Lee Anderson kicked off today’s session of PMQs with a jibe at the Lib Dems’ leader’s expense. The Red Wall rottweiler rose from his seat to suggest that, in light of his failure to act on the Post Office scandal, the under-fire Ed Davey take his own advice on resignations from public office and ‘Clear his desk, clear his diary and clear off.’ Today’s Times carries a similar call from the usually-sympathetic columnist Danny Finkelstein.

Davey’s absence from parliament for family reasons meant he was not tasked with responding to the subsequent Urgent Question on the Post Office. Shortly after Kevin Hollinrake had spoken at the despatch box, an email arrived in Steerpike’s inbox with a response from the lucky Lib Dem assigned that honour. ‘It should never have taken this long to get justice,’ declared Davey’s colleague Alistair Carmichael. Gee, if only they had been in a position to do something about it…

While Davey will probably survive the current scandal, he is unlikely to emerge unscathed.