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MPs have done their best this year to make their Christmas cards stand out. To do this, Nigel Evans opted to make himself the centre of attention, while Jeremy Corbyn managed to catch the Daily Mail's attention with a picture of some snow-covered bicycles. However, one such card has caught Mr S's attention for a rather different reason than any of the above. Suella Fernandes -- the MP for Fareham -- has sent out a card which contains an extra message. Only it's not from the Tory politician -- or her staff -- instead it's from the official sponsor of her 2015 Christmas cards!

Today marked James Naughtie's last day in the presenting chair on Today after 21 years. To honour his time as a presenter on the programme, John Humphrys played some of his highlights from over the years, before asking Naughtie to recall the parts of his job that he did not enjoy. The Scottish presenter responded by referring to his now infamous Jeremy Hunt gaffe in 2010, which saw Naughtie's introduction to an interview with the then Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt go disastrously wrong when he mispronounced his name. Naughtie ended up saying 'c--t' instead of Hunt: 'Things I haven't enjoyed? Oh, getting things wrong. I can't remember who the Culture Secretary is at the moment but anyway.' https://www.youtube.com/watch?

Since Lucy Allan was accused of faking her own death threat online, the Tory MP has gone underground -- deleting her Twitter and changing her privacy settings on Facebook. Last night she made a brief return to social media in order to release a statement with an accompanying video. In this, she opted not to apologise for adding the words 'unless you die' to a constituent's letter. Instead she chose to blame the whole fiasco on activists who were unhappy she was elected. 'Last week was without doubt the weirdest of my political life so far. It was never about my use of social media.

It's happened. Jeremy Corbyn has released his annual Christmas card. The Labour leader has refrained from following the traditional MP format by including a photo of himself on the card -- and has instead opted for a picture of some snow-covered bicycles: While Corbyn should be congratulated on managing to use the C-word this time around, it's fair to say that the photo isn't the most cheery effort around. Still, at least he has managed to push his green credentials.

Since Jeremy Corbyn was elected as leader of the Labour party, his main cheerleader Diane Abbott has never been far from his side. In fact, Abbott has even taken it upon herself to often fight Corbyn's corner. This has involved warning unruly MPs about the size of his mandate, as well as having a heated argument with Jess Phillips during a meeting of the PLP, after the newly-elected Labour MP hit out at the lack of women in Corbyn's Shadow Cabinet. Since then, it's been claimed that Abbott -- who has earned herself the nickname Madame Mao as a result of her behaviour -- has also played up during meetings of the Shadow Cabinet.

Lucy Allan has come under fire this month after she was accused of faking a death threat from a constituent. The Conservative MP posted a message from a user by the name of Rusty on her Facebook which asked her to rethink her stance on Syria airstrikes. While the message was hardly polite, the worst part came at the end with a sign-off that read 'unless you die'. However, the email's author denied writing the final line and posted on her Facebook to confront her about the edit. Since the incident Allen has released a statement admitting that she did add the line 'unless you die'. However, she insists that this was a threat she had also received that day and she had simply merged the two: The apology failed to wash with many, including the author of the original email.

Over the weekend a man attacked passengers at Leytonstone tube station, claiming he was acting in protest at the government's decision to carry out airstrikes on Syria. One small ray of light to emerge from the incident -- which left three injured -- was a video of the aftermath in which a man shouts at the offender: 'you ain't no Muslim, bruv'. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYjGaxYhDuQ Since then the phrase has gone viral, with many tweeting it online as an act of solidarity.