We don't know quite what sort of after-hours life Bill Shorten has led, but you'd have to suspect a flirtation with blindfolds.

What else could explain his failure to notice he was entering a strip club, back in the day, when he admits he visited - by accident, you understand - such establishments "once or twice".

The thing is, he didn't know he was at a strip club until he was inside the place. And then he took to his heels.