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Although Jeremy Corbyn did his best to press David Cameron on a range of issues at today's PMQs, perhaps the most notable aspect of his performance was what he didn't say. A number of commentators were surprised that the Labour leader did not ask Cameron to apologise for the extremism remarks he made about Sadiq Khan, who is now London's mayor. Happily, one party leader was happy to put this to the Prime Minister -- even if they weren't best placed to ask it: Tim Farron: I heard the Prime Minister on two occasions this afternoon congratulate the new Mayor of London Sadiq Khan -- and I would like to repeat that myself. He did not, however, apologise for the disgraceful racist campaign the Conservative party chose to run.

Oh dear. David Cameron's done it again. It seems the Prime Minister can't quite master the art of checking whether there are any cameras recording before he makes an indiscreet comment. Reuters report that Cameron has been caught on camera telling the Queen that the leaders of some 'fantastically corrupt' like Nigeria and Afghanistan will attend his anti-corruption summit. 'We had a very successful cabinet meeting this morning, talking about our anti-corruption summit,' Cameron tells the Queen. 'We have got the Nigerians - actually we have got some leaders of some fantastically corrupt countries coming to Britain.

Of all of Labour's dubious cheerleaders, none is more prolific on Twitter than Dr Éoin Clarke. The clip art-loving activist -- who has a PhD in Irish feminism -- managed to spend the majority of the general election campaign, and subsequent Labour leadership election, creating photoshops. While both Ed Miliband and Andy Burnham's team were at first amused by the doodles, Burnham later took steps to distance himself  -- clarifying that the photoshops were not 'official campaign material'. Now it appears that Clarke is out in the cold when it comes to the Labour party.

Following Thursday's elections, Sadiq Khan is on course to be the new mayor of London, with his rival Zac Goldsmith trailing a distant second. With Goldsmith's campaign billed as 'racist' and 'divisive' by critics, the Tories will now need to work out who is at fault for his disastrous mayoral bid. However, while Goldsmith could do with all the friends he can get right now, even his own sister is unimpressed with his efforts. As Khan was crowned mayor, Jemima Khan took to Twitter to congratulate the Labour MP: https://twitter.com/Jemima_Khan/status/728650778555129856 She then went on to express her sadness that her brother's Tory campaign had failed to show him for who he is: https://twitter.

Although Charlotte Church is seen to be a die-hard Corbynista -- previously speaking at rallies to support the Labour leader -- it appears that the prosecco-socialist is beginning to have second thoughts about Jeremy Corbyn's Labour. Rather than vote for Corbyn's beloved Labour in today's Welsh Assembly elections, Church has tweeted to say that she is backing Leanne Wood's Plaid Cymru. https://twitter.com/charlottechurch/status/728146109676150784 She has since defended her decision not to support Welsh Labour's Carwyn Jones, claiming that those who describe this as a defection don't understand Welsh politics. https://twitter.

It's less than 48 hours until the polls open for the local elections and following last week's anti-Semitism media-storm, Corbyn needs all the friends he can get if he hopes to keep voters onside. Alas, some friends are more helpful than others. As Labour try and show that they do not condone anti-Semitism, Corbyn has reportedly received a declaration of support from... Hamas. Yes, following Corbyn's decision to reject calls to denounce the Islamist group -- whose armed wing is banned as a terrorist organisation in the UK --  Breitbart Jerusalem report that Taher A-Nunu, a senior Hamas official, has said that Corbyn’s willingness to engage with the Gaza-based group as a 'painful hit that the Zionist enemy received'.