Titbits – upstairs, downstairs with the Greens and a skeleton-staffed boozer

◆ It was a case of upstairs, downstairs for the Green Party when it launched its new Brexit policy at Space Studios on Mare Street. The Citizen is actually based in Space Studios, and its office is less than a hen’s race from the ground floor where the bash took place. Our journalists were understandably puzzled as to how they missed such a momentous occasion. An apologetic party press officer told them she believed the diary note had been sent only to the party’s national media list. So much for the Greens’ commitment to localism.

◆ “On a personal level, if you’ve got an issue with us then come and talk to us,” Bonneville Tavern owner Ruairi Gilles implored those opposed to gentrification in a recent interview with ShortList. “See what we’re about. It’s not the fucking Ritz. We’re just a normal pub.” If you do decide to walk through the “old door from Clerkenwell Prison” to pay Gilles’ establishment a visit, do take a moment to admire the decoration hanging above the bar. “I acquired the cat skeleton for £200 and the skull for £800, and put the two together,” he proudly tells the magazine. Normal to the bone.