a light mist here outside alexandra palace.lebrations will be a bit of a damp squib or a weekend sparkler. labour has suspended a former shadow minister from the party because of an allegation of sexual harassment. a party activist claims that kelvin hopkins, the mp for luton north, touched her inappropriately after a political event. let's speak to our political correspondent iain watson. what are the allegations against mr hopkins? the story is about a couple of things. allegations but also crucially how allegations were handled. the allegations in the telegraph, by the young activist, are simply that she invited him to speak at the university of essex, a political event, four years ago and after that he hugged her too tightly. she then met him at the house of commons at his instigation, she says she asked in personal questions like whether she had a boyfriend and then texted her inappropriately, commenting on how lovely she was, and wishing he was young enough to be her boyfriend. we haven't been able to contact kelvin hopki