Jon Mendelsohn ... Labour Friends of Israel rally round

Well wudjbleeve it Jewish homosexualist ex Chairman of the Labour Friends of Israel , ex MP Stephen Twigg pops up on Channel 4 News at 7.30 pm GMT saying what a splendid chap Jon Mendelsohn is.

Steven Twigg Opened the Wolfson Hillel's School Pears' Foundation Early Years Unit in 2005 (in Southgate where Twiggy was brought up) when he was Minister of State for School Standards (see pic) ...the school to which the Mendelsohn children are sent and where their mother Nicola is a Governor.

Nicola (Mrs) Mendelsohn,(now 33) head of Grays Advertising where friends of Lord Patel remember her (she is from Manchester) graduating with a degree in English and Drama from Leeds University in 1992. Since elected at the Institute in Practioners in Advertising Annual General Meeting on Wednesday 26th April 2006 to their Council and ferocious networker."I love my work, and you can hold it all together. I have a live-in nanny (and 4 kids) , an array of cleaners, and Tesco.com is a lifesaver - and my husband is very supportive. " Guradian Face of the Future

Nicolas's top tip ..." If you don't ask, you'll never get. Chutzpah is everything. "

Blackberries have made things a lot easier - you can send a two-line message instead of having a 10-minute conversation - we bet it has been overheating today. (e mail nicola.mendelsohn@greyeu.com ) see also "The Power Mum" Independent 18 th April this year.

Nice to know you can call on your friend when you are in a tight hole isn't it ?