Checking out the opposition

Surveillance: Sly Bailey might have been a no show to the House of Lords communications committee today - the Trinity Mirror chief executive was feeling unwell. But Monkey's disappointment at missing Sly taking on the fusty old lords dissipated instantly as soon as our spy clocked the powerful figure of Sun editor Rebekah Wade at the Houses of Parliament. Wade, standing in the dead centre of the central lobby with a nervous looking political editor George Pascoe-Watson, exchanged pleasantries with a small group before heading in the direction of the Commons, her visitors pass jauntily stuck to her handbag, just in time for PMQs. Was Beka checking out Dave in action at the dispatch box before deciding whether to throw the Currant Bun's support behind his new touchy-feely Tories, per chance?